BLACK METEOROLOGIST FIRED AFTER RESPONDING TO RACIAL FACEBOOK COMMENT ABOUT HER ‘ETHNIC HAIR’ (402 hits)
A black female meteorologist was fired from a Louisiana news station after she responded to a viewer’s Facebook comment about her “ethnic hair.”
Rhonda Lee, formerly of ABC affiliate KTBS in Shreveport, La., had also responded to another reader’s post that had pointed out that the winners of a station contest were all “people of color.”
The first viewer, identified as Emmitt Vascocu, wrote in an Oct. 1 post on KTBS’ Facebook page, “the black lady that does the news is a very nice lady.the onlt [sic] thing is she needs to wear a wig or grow some more hair. im [sic] not sure if she is a cancer patient.” Somewhat strangely, the post received a “like” from KTBS 3 News. SEE FULL STORY
Like I said earlier, might be a good idea to adopt policy of giving BS the attention it deserves. Why did she, do we, continue to allow ourselves to be baited by ignorance and hate?
Wednesday, December 12th 2012 at 2:24PM
Michelle Diane
did you read where it said But Bain said Lee was “warned multiple times of the consequences” of commenting on Facebook posts, and said another employee, “a white male reporter who was an eight year veteran of the station,” was dismissed for the same reason as well.
“If harsh viewer comments are posted on the station’s official website, there is a specific procedure to follow,” Bain said. “Ms. Rhonda Lee was let go for repeatedly violating that procedure and after being warned multiple times of the consequences if her behavior continued. Rhonda Lee was not dismissed for her appearance or defending her appearance. She was fired for continuing to violate company procedure.”
Wednesday, December 12th 2012 at 2:44PM
DAVID JOHNSON
KD, Yeah, I saw that bruh; that's why I said what I did about BS and attention.
Wednesday, December 12th 2012 at 6:27PM
Michelle Diane
