Ironically, she's actually a very petite woman.

Apparently, St. Louis ex-shock jock is an accidental racist. You know the kind, sort of a bigot for the Tourettes set. They can be walking down the street on a sunny afternoon and just suddenly start whipping a passing black man. They'll be accepting an Image award and, forgetting their speech entirely, shout out, "Thanks, niggers!"

They'll also piss off people who listen to too much radio and get fired.

Now, given, it was an unfortunate misspeak. I'm certainly no fan of Condi and I wouldn't call her a "coon", then repeating it, even accidentally...well, I might call her a uber-butch bull dyke who most likely rolls her own tampons, but that has nothing to do with her race, just her inexplicable love of football and bombing people.

But getting fired for it when it was an obvious mistake? I think that's a bit too far. PC speak and "cultural sensitivity" issues are getting way out of hand, anymore. Sure, he should be repremanded. Sure, he should have to apologize formally both to the listeners and Condi The Bull Dyke. Sure, he should probably do some sort of community service to improve his image with the community he insulted. But calling in to complain about it to the point where the station manager has to fire the guy eight days after he started his "dream job" seems over the top. There's equal rights and cultural sensetivity, and then there's just silliness.

Mind you, it's not as weird as the strange British in Oxfordshire, England, who want to rewrite the nursery rhyme "Bah, bah, black sheep" to "Bah, bah, rainbow sheep" because the word black is now offensive in any context. Period. Whatsoever. Any time.

Of course, I'm not sure how turning the sheep from black into a wool-providing pride parade is less offensive. Honestly, I'm not sure how it was offensive to begin with. But aside from being a horrible scan-buster, it just goes to show: it's okay to be black, because we can all make fun of the gays. Or, since the teachers at these nursery schools are worried that calling the sheep "black" could be alienating, calling them "rainbow" means everyone is offended equally.

Or something like that. Frankly, it's all just too confusing anymore.

Should we all seek a level of cultural sensitivity? Of course we should. Issues of race, ethnicity and bigotry still plague not only the United States, but the entire world, in some form or other. Incidents like these, though, do nothing to lessen those issues. Indeed, they only serve to increase the frustration, resentment and general mistrust that causes them in the first place while trivializing very real concerns.