NAACP Calls For Talk Host Firing
5-31-07
Big
John, the former Volusia County Council member, now afternoon talk host
at WELE-AM 1380 has been accused of making
a racist comment about Daytona Beach mayoral hopeful Dwayne Taylor. WELE
owner Doug Wilhite issued a statement saying "Big
John's statement about mayoral candidate Commissioner Dwayne Taylor was in poor
taste, but it was not racist." Cynthia
Slater, president of the Volusia County-Daytona Beach Branch of the
National Association of Colored People said; "He
(John) used a comment which is hurtful and inappropriate," said .
"Monkey, history shows, has been directed as a disparaging remark toward
African-Americans."
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