Getting Yank'd!

After saying sorry for 'Jewish' joke, Irish tenor Ronan Tynan to sing at Anti-Defamation League
BY Corky Siemaszko
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Originally Published:Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 4:16 PM
Updated: Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 10:10 PM

McIsaac/GettyRonan Tynan sings 'God Bless America' at a recent Yankee game. Take our PollLet Tynan sing?
After his 'Jewish' joke, should Ronan Tynan be allowed to sing at the Yankees World Series home games?

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Related NewsArticlesRonan Tynan's tongue causes trouble as Yankees sack Irish tenor's appearanceIrish tenor Ronan Tynan, who got booted from performing at Yankee Stadium after an anti-Semitic remark, has landed a new gig - singing for the Anti-Defamation League.

Tynan will perform his trademark rendition of "God Bless America" at the Jewish watchdog group's meeting Thursday night.

Calling him a "good man," ADL honcho Abraham Foxman said Tynan has made a "sincere apology" and should not be ostracized because he "slips up on one occasion."

For his part, Tynan told the ADL he was grateful for the chance to perform again in public and that he understands the "insensitivity of my remarks."

Tynan got in trouble earlier this month when he began bantering with a real estate broker showing a property in his Manhattan building.

"Don't worry, they are not Red Sox fans," the broker joked. Tynan replied, "I don't care about that, as long as they are not Jewish."

The woman who was apartment shopping was offended and reported the remark to the Yankees.

Confronted by the team, Tynan owned up to remark. He apologized to the woman and also made a public apology on television.

"I would never want to hurt anybody's feelings," he said. "It was stupid of me to be so callous."

Tynan was barred from performing at Game 1 of the ALCS between the Yankees and Angels - and has not been heard at the Stadium since.

Asian culture

I am at Foxwoods about 3 times every two weeks, and it seems as though the entire Asian population of New England hides out here.

As amazing at how many Asians there are in Massachusetts alone, an even more amazing thing is that most know really nothing about their culture.

Do you know why they gamble as much as they do??

I do, and I know because I want to understand them instead of them doing all of the work.

They gamble because it is ingrained in their culture. They are testing their luck because through tradition they are born either lucky, or not lucky. How else are they supposed to find out?

Now you know something you didn't know yesterday.

comm careers panel

this week I went to the panel of recent comm major grads, they were discussing careers once you graduate. One of the panelists spoke about how he works in Best Buy in a diverse area. He is a manager and realized that there was a language and culture barrier between some of the asian cultures and they were having trouble with helping them.

he told us that they went out and specifically hired asian employees and went from 0-17 in a matter of a few months. this is amazing to me. sure, they have a better way to commumnicate with asian customers, but what about all the other people that came in to apply that were not asian? they were probably turned away because they were going after a specific market of employee.

this is commonplace in business, and I am aware of that, but still disturbing.

Disney

In terms of race and our ability to define different races and cultures, Disney has had a big part. Most of it gets learned while we innocently enjoy a good children's film.

http://www.cracked.com/article_15677_9-most-racist-disney-characters.html

interesting vid