Boortz: Non-English-speaking Latinos are "the ones with sombreros" and "bandoliers full of bullets across their chest"

Published: August 10, 2007, 3:12 pm

Tags: neal boortz, cox radio syndication, the neal boortz show, civil human rights, race affirmative action

On the August 10 broadcast of Cox Radio Syndication's The Neal Boortz Show, producer Belinda Skelton told host Neal Boortz about a bilingual Parent-Teacher Association meeting she had attended, remarking that she had been unable to tell how many of the families in attendance spoke English. Boortz responded: "[Y]ou can look at the parents and tell, because the ones with sombreros can't speak English. ... The ones with the bandoliers full of bullets across their chest." As Media Matters for America has noted, Boortz regularly ridicules Latinos on his show. For example, on June 11, while discussing illegal immigration, a caller asked, "Why can't we just load them on planes and keep on loading them until they're back?" Boortz responded, "We're not gonna throw these people out of airplanes with taco-shaped parachutes." On June 18, Boortz commented, "I don't care if Mexicans pile up against that fence like tumbleweeds in the Santa Ana

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