she said the comments made her feel uncomfortable.
In one example, as she was preparing for a segment about a cookbook, Lopate explained how the avocado got its name. She said he told her that it came from the Aztec word for “testicle,” and then he made what she considered a crude hand gesture, adding “you know, because of the shape and the bumpy skin." Lopate referred to this incident in an interview with the New York Times. The paper reported “he was incredulous that such a statement would have resulted in a complaint to superiors.” Speaking with WNYC News earlier this week, he denied making the hand gesture and using the graphic description. He said of the etymology, “it’s an interesting fact.”
В принципе, если упоминание тестикула делает тетку uncomfortable, то она - профессионально непригодна. Как журналист. Ибо как, например, она будет рассказывать о том, что сержанту Вилли оторвало тестикулы и надо бы скинуться ему на протез? Останется Вилли без протеза. Хотя она - по кулинарному делу... так это ещё хуже: останется Америка без рецепта бульона из бычьих яиц. И, подозреваю, спектр uncomfortability там значительно шире.
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Date: 2017-12-22 08:54 pm (UTC)she said the comments made her feel uncomfortable.
In one example, as she was preparing for a segment about a cookbook, Lopate explained how the avocado got its name. She said he told her that it came from the Aztec word for “testicle,” and then he made what she considered a crude hand gesture, adding “you know, because of the shape and the bumpy skin." Lopate referred to this incident in an interview with the New York Times. The paper reported “he was incredulous that such a statement would have resulted in a complaint to superiors.” Speaking with WNYC News earlier this week, he denied making the hand gesture and using the graphic description. He said of the etymology, “it’s an interesting fact.”
В принципе, если упоминание тестикула делает тетку uncomfortable, то она - профессионально непригодна. Как журналист. Ибо как, например, она будет рассказывать о том, что сержанту Вилли оторвало тестикулы и надо бы скинуться ему на протез? Останется Вилли без протеза. Хотя она - по кулинарному делу... так это ещё хуже: останется Америка без рецепта бульона из бычьих яиц. И, подозреваю, спектр uncomfortability там значительно шире.