New Hampshire radio host off the air after racist tirade in social media video

NASHUA, N.H. —
A New Hampshire radio show host has been taken off the air after she posted a video of a racist tirade on social media.

Dianna Ploss confronted a landscaping crew Friday while it was working on a project on Main Street in Nashua, across the street from the WSMN radio station.

In the nearly 3-minute video, which has now gone viral, Ploss is heard complaining that the landscaping crew was speaking Spanish.

"Is anybody here illegal? Are these guys illegal?" Ploss asks the crew. "What's the name of this company? Look at this. Look at this. It's America. Speak English. Speak English!"

Ploss also had a confrontation with a Black man, who walked over and asked her to stop harassing the landscapers.

"He's a Black man and he's going to protect the Brown man from this white woman," Ploss is heard saying in the video.

WSMN 1590 said that it has no employees and notes that all of its on-air personalities broker and pay for their airtime. Regardless, the radio station said Ploss is no longer associated or affiliated with WSMN or Bartis-Russell Broadcasting, LLC.

"We at WSMN value freedom of speech, freedom of expression and assembly. We will not tolerate discrimination, racism or hatred," reads a statement from the radio station.

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