Thread: The conversations taking place in Cdn media right now is so incredibly triggering. As an Indigenous journalist I have been very vocal about advocating for change my entire career when it comes to the colour of the face of the newsroom and in more recent years, the colour

of the face of those in management positions. To see, yet another BIPOC chased out of a MSM newsroom is disheartening. Last night, someone sent me a tweet by @Sarahbroadfoot who shared an internal email from John Bertrand. In it, he defended the actions of his employees.

This is not surprising. But what has me so triggered is this is the kind of attitude BIPOC journalists are up against. I had my share of meetings with managers to discuss race issues and I always came away feeling unsatisfied. This summer a meeting with CBC MB employees took

place around BLM. When the top dog stands by his white employees and insists they acted professionally and appropriately, it's heartbreaking. To me, this means the leadership isn't listening. The leadership doesn't

understand how this is, in part, a race-based issue. I've read the discourse by BIPOC journalists and this issue is really showing the divide that exists between BIPOC and white journalists. I think about the insightful article by @Pacinthe "Objectivity Is a Privilege Afforded to

White Journalists." It's difficult to speak up. Even now I worry about speaking up but even though I get a bit scared, it's something I've always done. I'm not going to stop now.