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I've never said this publicly...
In 2017, ABC7 recommended I become a network correspondent.
Barbara Fedida told me: "You're qualified. But you're a white male & my bosses told me I can only hire women & minorities for the next couple years."
@yashar https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abc-news-toxicity-thrives_n_5ee3db80c5b684a0c4f2e297?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004
In 2017, ABC7 recommended I become a network correspondent.
Barbara Fedida told me: "You're qualified. But you're a white male & my bosses told me I can only hire women & minorities for the next couple years."
@yashar https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abc-news-toxicity-thrives_n_5ee3db80c5b684a0c4f2e297?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004
Her blunt words were shocking & left me feeling powerless.
I didn't want to be blackballed in the industry so I didn't complain or sue.
Soon after, though, I did leave the company.
Grateful reporters like @yashar are bringing sunlight to this dark place in network TV.
I didn't want to be blackballed in the industry so I didn't complain or sue.
Soon after, though, I did leave the company.
Grateful reporters like @yashar are bringing sunlight to this dark place in network TV.
My hope in sharing this is to show support for the victims of racism at ABC News.
I also hope, going forward, this culture where race is so cavalierly & crudely discussed by executives with hiring & firing power...is over.
We as a society...and as an industry...can do better.
I also hope, going forward, this culture where race is so cavalierly & crudely discussed by executives with hiring & firing power...is over.
We as a society...and as an industry...can do better.
I also want to make clear there is TREMENDOUS value in having a diverse newsroom.
Our viewers would be better served by having reporters & executives that looked like them.
Political, religious, socioeconomic, racial, ethnic diversity in the room creates more accurate stories
Our viewers would be better served by having reporters & executives that looked like them.
Political, religious, socioeconomic, racial, ethnic diversity in the room creates more accurate stories
