Radio Show Host Fired for Complaining about 'Black Guy' on Mural

Maybe it's the sun, but it seems that Arizona is battling South Carolina for the title of craziest state in the Union. In case you have not heard, Prescott got caught up in Arizona's latest racial flap when a local principal told an artist to make the children on multi-cultural mural look lighter.

The principal decided to change the mural because passers by were complaining about the "niggers" and "spics" on the mural. So the principal, in his wisdom, decided to cave into the sensibilities of the local racists. The story went viral and over the weekend local authorities have decided to keep the mural as it is.

One of the people complaining about the mural was local radio show host and councilman Steve Blair, who complained about the "black guy" on the mural. Apparently Blair was troubled by the fact that the black child was the largest figure on the mural claiming it had to do with "the guy in the White House." He didn't think this was fitting since Prescott is 92 percent white. Latinos are the largest ethnic minority at 8 percent. Basically Blair is saying Prescott is a white-dominated city and they want to keep it that way. Blair was recently fired by local radio station KYCA AM 1490.

Political analysts have said that much of the reactionary anger coming from the right is based on fear of white people soon losing their majority status. And that seems to be evident, because even in a city that is 92 percent white, people are troubled by the mere implication of the changing cultural dynamic.