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WIP Radio Bans Black Callers Who Want to Discuss Racial Aspects of Philly oSports Teams
Sports Talk Radio in Philadelphia covers a wide range of topics, but when the facts or conclusions demand an honest discussion of race, callers are cut off or prevented from getting on the air altogether. Why did Jalen Hurts stop being a scrambler? Why do the Phillies have the worst outfield in the league and keep signing slow, marginally talented, white, blue collar players? Some hosts, like Tom Kelly become irate and abusive when they know you want to talk about race. Some producers, yell and swear at you, then refuse to put you on the air. We need alternatives that allow everyone to contribute to topics instead of white hosts who insist that racism doesn't exist in sports and black hosts too cowardly to use their platform to tell the truth.