Philadelphia Sports Columnist Bill Conlin Suspended for 'Blueberry Harvest' Remark

so who's the efn pussie that cried about it.

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I bet it was Violet Beauregarde who complained!

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It was racial, unethical and very disparaging. I am from Vineland, NJ where the emailer was from and Bill Conlin was pretty much calling him a hispanic who picks blueberries in the fields during the harvest season. I guess you would have to know the area to get it! This is considered an insult of the worst degree even if Bill didn't realize it, and if that was the case then he shouldn't have made the comment to begin with. I feel like his cocky ass should be fired. Maybe for his next job he'll be picking blueberries too. FAT chance (pun intended).

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buckalew_b

does that stand for buckalew_blueberry picker? is that why your so mad? get a grip people..u yell at the media for overanalyzing everything, seems liek your not too far off yourselves!

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"This is considered an insult of the worst degree"

Didn't know being hispanic and/or a farm worker was an insult... take the apology and be happy then: not everyone should be fired from their job just because some blueberry pickers (regardless of race) gets upset at a joke.

/grew up around farms and respects the hell out of farm workers.

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too many people are just too damn sensative. those who are tend to be the biggest HIPOCRITES!!! for those who are they really need to get a life!!!

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It's a pot reference actually.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blueberry

Not sure why that would offend anyone though. Especially since it refers to good pot.

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Lol, you know the stately neighbors of Minnesota commonly refers to Minnesotans as "pig farmers".

This has been a slight against Minnesotans, a good natured one state to another jab, but god forbid if a minority suddenly took up the local trade?

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I think that ppl are a little sensitive today. But c'mon. The emailer's name was Raul, and the commentator made the assumption he was Latino. Then he says he's surprised he left the bluebarry farm (allegedly where many hispanics work) long enuff to write the email? That's pretty damn racist in my book.

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The Philadelphia media does try to make something out of nothing a lot of times. I lived in Philly before WIP was sports-talk station but I did live near Boston and New York when those cities had it so I'm sure it's like that in any big city with a rabid fan base.

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Give me a break! If it offended you, you have to get a grib on life. Why is everything taken to literal now? How did it offend you, did you call the Daily News and Complain? If so, get back to picking BlueBerries, they are on sale next week at Acme.

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I'm from Vineland and I didn't understand the expression. I've never heard it before.

Its a totally bogus over-reaction

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Shonda is the only one of y'all that can put two and two together and realize that all the events combined make it a racist event. Raul being primarily a Hispanic name.. getting a response detailing a job profession that is dominated by Hispanics in a derogatory sense.. uh ya. That's racism.

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Yeah, it would offend me too. I wouldn't want to be called a spic either. And for saying it's racist 'cause he said the guy is picking blueberries at a blueberry farm well..... Why don't you find some other jobs to work at so we can't make a comment about your specific race. All because you dumb no talent spics don't know how to do anything else in your life but pick blueberries. We have to watch what we say about blueberry farms.... F U. I'll do and say what I want and ain't no stupid spic gonna stop me.

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even if it was an insult, which judging by the commentary on this page it is hard to decide since there are several opinions on what it even meant, it is a weak insult at best. It would do us all some good to grow some tougher skin. I'm of Italian decent, and if he had said that he was surpised I got my feet out of the grape barrel long enough to write that email, I would not be calling for his head. The fact that people can lose their jobs because of such things is scary, and I don't think we want our media to have to sensor everything. It leads to bad things. There is a saying people. It starts like this ... Sticks and Stones ....

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Political correctness strikes again. I wonder if the station suspended Bill Conlin because he is long on the tooth?

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This was not the first racist remark. He should have been suspended when he commented about Abraham Nunez and remarked that Dominicans have big arms and suggested that Abraham Nunez must not have cut cane.

Actually that was a more racist remark, so maybe the latest one was the last straw.

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