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Article: Our readers sound off on `Jimmy the Greek'
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 24, 1988
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Last weekend's comments by Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder regarding
blacks and sports, and his subsequent firing by CBS, prompted a swarm
of letters from Sun-Times readers. Here is a sampling of those
remarks.
Inappropriate or offensive remarks can be very costly if
directed against the wrong ethnic or religious group . . . The Rev.
Jesse Jackson, the presidential hopeful, was heard in 1984 by
thousands of conventioners and millions on television as he tearfully
and dramatically asked forgiveness for his remarks about Hymietown.
"Jimmy The Greek" will do everything but commit hara-kiri to prove he
is sorry for his verbal indiscretion.
Bigots, however, should not be discouraged. There are ...