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Maz made to apologize?

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The SportHub franchise player evidently had said something about Gen X or Z. I couldn't pick up which? Anyway...TM was sincere at end of 2pm hour, whatever it was about, in this prepared "it will never happen again" speech.
 
QED said:
The SportHub franchise player evidently had said something about Gen X or Z. I couldn't pick up which? Anyway...TM was sincere at end of 2pm hour, whatever it was about, in this prepared "it will never happen again" speech.
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Can you please link to a clip or something, so we can all figure out what you're talking about?
 
He’s probably going to get justifiably fired. That he wasn’t fired the first time, when he made the comment about the two black guys, is surprising.
 
Even if he didn't know, why are you insulting two entire generations of people when you yourself keep making stupid and ignorant mistakes?
 
He shouldn't face anything at all. Never heard of the term, no harm to listeners and no intent to do anything, so chill.
 
MassMusicMan said:
I'm 40, and this article was the first time I've ever seen that word.

He's not getting fired.
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I’m also 40 and I haven’t seen the word before either, but with the article explaining that it’s a racial slur, that’s why. If if any of us said that at our jobs (whether in radio or not), after we’d said what Maz said a year ago, we would probably get fired or at the very least suspended, no matter where we are in the US or worldwide.
 
QED said:
He shouldn't face anything at all. Never heard of the term, no harm to listeners and no intent to do anything, so chill.
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If someone says something to you that’s a racial slur and you get upset, it doesn’t matter what the person’s intent was.

He’s not stupid and he’s not too young to have never heard the word before, since he’s 56. I believe he knew it was a racial slur and said it anyway.
 
radiofan2023 said:
I’m also 40 and I haven’t seen the word before either, but with the article explaining that it’s a racial slur, that’s why. If if any of us said that at our jobs (whether in radio or not), after we’d said what Maz said a year ago, we would probably get fired or at the very least suspended, no matter where we are in the US or worldwide.
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Good news for us is that it's impossible to use racial slurs that we don't know exist.
 
According to the New York Post, during Wednesday’s show with co-host Michael Felger, Massarotti offered a description of Gen-Z, saying, “I’ve determined, incidentally, that the ‘Z’ stands for ‘zipperhead.'” The word zipperhead is a slur used against people of Asian descent that came to prominence during the Korean and Vietnam wars.

I'm a 'Nam Vet ('65-66) and that is a new one on me. GEEZ!
 
Makes me think of the lyrics to Dead Milkmen's "Punk Rock Girl."
Punk Rock Girl
Song by The Dead Milkmen


Lyrics

One Saturday I took a walk to Zipperhead
I met a girl there
And she almost knocked me dead
(Punk rock girl) please, look at me
(Punk rock girl) what do you see?
Let's travel round the world
Just you and me, punk rock girl
kes me think of the lyrics to Dead Milkmen's "Punk Rock Girl."
 
Zipperhead was a punk clothing store in Philly,
their home base (nr Jim's Steaks, 4th and South).
They also mention Philly Pizza Company, also gone
 
TheOtherBigJohn said:
According to the New York Post, during Wednesday’s show with co-host Michael Felger, Massarotti offered a description of Gen-Z, saying, “I’ve determined, incidentally, that the ‘Z’ stands for ‘zipperhead.'” The word zipperhead is a slur used against people of Asian descent that came to prominence during the Korean and Vietnam wars.

I'm a 'Nam Vet ('65-66) and that is a new one on me. GEEZ!
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I have been involved with ethnic broadcasting since 1959, and, although not directly close to Asian communities, I have never heard that term. It is very easy for me to think that Massarotti had no idea of what the term meant back in the 50's and 60's.
 
radiofan2023 said:
I believe he absolutely knew it was a racial slur, and said it anyway.
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As mentioned in another post, in 65 years in radio and even more on the planet, I have never heard that term.
 
DavidEduardo said:
I have been involved with ethnic broadcasting since 1959, and, although not directly close to Asian communities, I have never heard that term. It is very easy for me to think that Massarotti had no idea of what the term meant back in the 50's and 60's.
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What do you think he meant by it?
 
radiofan2023 said:
What do you think he meant by it?
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Radio personalities often invent or make up nonsense terms. It's part of the process of creating a show.
 
TheOtherBigJohn said:
According to the New York Post, during Wednesday’s show with co-host Michael Felger, Massarotti offered a description of Gen-Z, saying, “I’ve determined, incidentally, that the ‘Z’ stands for ‘zipperhead.'” The word zipperhead is a slur used against people of Asian descent that came to prominence during the Korean and Vietnam wars.

I'm a 'Nam Vet ('65-66) and that is a new one on me. GEEZ!
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I worked in a defense plant in the 1980s. Many of the employees were Vietnam and Korean War veterans. The "Z word" was in common use back in those days by said veterans, especially after the company started hiring Vietnam refugees in 1981. Getting caught using it officially meant instant unemployment, although I don't remember anyone getting fired for it. In any case, I haven't heard the word used by anybody since I left that company in 1989, and don't care to hear it again.
 
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