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The Weather Channel will stop using "racially offensive" term "Dixie Alley"
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Byron Allen, who owns The Weather Channel, calls the term used to describe the Southern portion of the country as "racially insensitive." “Effective immediately, we will discontinue use of the racially-insensitive term ‘Dixie Alley’ — and I call on others in the industry to do the same," Allen said in a statement.
TOPICS: The Weather Channel, Byron Allen
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