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this woman called the children racial slurs? >> absolutely. >> i'm assuming i know what racial slur you mean. >> the n-word. slaves, other profanity. b words, you name it. this was not the first incident. this has happened numerous times. >> let me go to you, ben. because i lived in florida for a long time. i have had to knock on and ring the doorbells of neighbors for, you know, issues regarding our kids that seems like the most normal thing that a mom would do if there's ever a problem, our kids would get me or their dad and we would talk to the neighbor. that's the normal way the world is supposed to work. now in florida, you have stand your ground. and i can't imagine kids could trick or treat in florida now because it's too terrifying because there are people who would shoot anybody they see coming at their door or on their
A high-level delegation of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday called on Mumbai Commissioner of Police Vivek Phansalkar demanding stringent action against two websites for publishing 'derogatory' articles on the legendary social reformer and India's pioneering woman teacher, Savitribai Phule.
it's a horrible slur to have happen, so i understand that. now, was i surprised by how much vitriol had come my way? absolutely. but again, that is the nature of it. >> i hope the silver lining is a boost in your attendance. candidly i didn't know the museum was in kansas city. i'm not going to come back to kansas city without stopping in for a visit and i hope others do likewise. >> i hope so too, because, michael, we had just announced our plans to build a brand-new 30,000 foot stand-alone negro league baseball museum just a few days before this happened. so i was riding a tremendous high. this notion of building a new museum even though it's going to cost us about $25 million to build it, appearnd i've gotten of congratulations on having to raise $25 million in order to do this. but i understand people were
question, should a sports announcer's mistaken use of the "n" word lose his job. a long-time announcer was let go after he used the "n" word on air. during a pregame show in kansas city, glenn kiper was talking to colleague dallas braden about their trip to the negro league's baseball museum which is in that city but kiper mispronounced the word "negro" and instead used the slur. >> we had a phenomenal day today. [ bleep ] league museum and arthur bryant's barbecue. >> at the time either kiper or braden offered any reaction. before the sixth inning kiper told his audience this -- >> a little earlier in the show, i said something that didn't come out quite the way i wanted it to, and i just wanted to apologize if it sounded different than i meant it.
>> he was then suspended by nbc sports california and ultimately fired. the network said in a statement, quote, following an internal review, the decision has been made for nbc sports california to ending its relationship with glenn kiper effective immediately. we thank glenn for his dedication to bay area baseball over the years. a person familiar with the investigation told the associated press that the decision was based on a, quote, variety of factors, including information uncovered in that internal review. we invited glenn kiper to come on this program today but he declined our offer. in a written statement he called the slur an unfortunate mispronunciation. on that day i chose to spend my personal time by educating myself and learning more about mlb's history by going to the negro league museum. i spent nearly three hours there in an effort to better understand and appreciate the difficulties and social barriers african american players endured in mlb's early years. when the subject of the museum visit came up in the pregame show i was excited and eager to
>> well, number one, one would never think so much hate would come along with forgiveness. again, as i said before, i understand to some degree the emotional anguish that something like this can generate. it's a horrible slur to have happen, so i understand that. now, was i surprised by how much vitriol had come my way? absolutely. but again, that is the nature of it. >> i hope the silver lining is a boost in your attendance. candidly i didn't know the museum was in kansas city. i'm not going to come back to kansas city without stopping in for a visit and i hope others do likewise. >> i hope so too, because, michael, we had just announced our plans to build a brand new
this is just -- i am fascinated by this story and to see these divisions emerging and i think the questions that some people would have are those allegations from paxton related to this investigation and the allegations against him? >> reporter: there is so much to unpack here. in a nutshell, this is a window into texas politics, and, yes, there is a lot of inside baseball. and you know that the republicans are in control here in texas, but there are different factions, there are battles for power, and this one is out there for the world to see. a texas-sized brawl between two of the most powerful republicans in the lone star state. texas house speaker dave phelan and texas attorney general ken paxton exploding after this clip went viral. >> is there objections to the amendment? the amendment is adopted. >> reporter: feelin appearing to slur his words last friday
and equity and diversity. there's a diversity of an opinion and would've been a good conversation if kiersten fleming, if her point of view would've been represented at this meeting. other people to stand up and say no, you don't have the same claim ideal but i go through on a day-to-day basis is much worse than anything you've been through. you can't tell someone that appeared you can't tell someone there reality is rosier than yours. our own realities are incredibly subjective. i think there is a discussion to be had and good for her for having it. that's the only way we're going to move past the divide that we find ourselves in beard if we can have mature and sometimes uncomfortable discussions. if they fire her, shame on them. >> kayleigh? >> the name of the seminar is don't call me karen. which would've been synonymous which he still be fired if don't call me racial slur was
companies are worried about maybe being too diverse or getting hit for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs? is that what happened here? >> no. i think that black people were rightly offended, and i think that they were offended because you are saying don't call me karen as if this is this slur. that is equivalent to the n-word, something that has this historic meaning and trauma behind it, and all these things. karen is something that just came out a couple years ago. and it's not the same thing. it's not the same thing. and so a black woman stood up in a meeting after that first meeting and said, how are we going to stop having these tone-deaf conversations? and the way that the diversity officer responded, was it