Doug Tracht also got fired and basically blacklisted back in 1997 (if I recall the year correctly) when, commenting about how a Black female singer sounded, he said, “No wonder they drag them behind trucks.”
In 1999 (Again, I believe that’s the right year), he tried to get a gig on a Carribean island, and the locals threatened to riot if he got the job.
Yep, I am intimately familiar with the whole affair. The thing is, Grease is not a racist - he really was an equal opportunity offender. The problem was he apologized so profusely and effusively that they just crucified him.
The way out of a mess like that is to apologize IMMEDIATELY and sincerely:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoZBKa5SS_Q