A radio host on Boston’s WEEI is under fire after using an ethnic slur.
Chris Curtis, host of WEEI since 2013, and his co-hosts, Greg Hill and Courtney Cox, were discussing Boston City Councilman Ricardo Arroyo’s plan to formally introduce a proposal to ban small bottles of alcohol known as nips.
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But the term is also a racial slur against the Japanese (abbreviated from Nippon) that gained prominence during World War II.
Cox then said that the trio should talk about their «top five drinks», in which he mentioned various alcoholic brands.
However, Curtis replied, «I’d probably go [ESPN NFL analyst] Kimes Mine».
Kimes is of Korean descent on her mother’s side — the name didn’t get a response from any of the hosts, but producer Chris Scheim laughed it off.
When the boston globe reached out for comment to WEEI, the station had a chance to head off any wrongdoing, but it sniffed.
The station said nothing about the slur, other than stating that the host mistook Kimes for actress Mila Kunis, who is Ukrainian-Jewish.
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After the mix-up, Kimes changed her Twitter profile photo to a photo of Kunis.
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