A few thoughts about this after some reflection:

1. Ahmar Khan deserves an apology.

#cdnmedia https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/arbitrator-sides-with-former-cbc-employee-fired-after-supervisor-read-his-private-messages

2. The journalism industry in Canada is tiny. It's hard to get a job, and once you do, there's pressure to hold onto it. It breeds a culture of not speaking out about a plethora of issues: mental health, workplace etiquette, etc. These are amplified amongst BIPOC journalists.

3. We're underrepresented, come from tougher socioeconomic backgrounds, and are easy targets for pigeonholing when it comes to stories. Example: Give cultural story to the ethnic reporter, even if it is well intentioned.

4. It's hard to reckon with all this when talking about an industry you love, and one in which you have friends still toiling away. And there has been progress, but as @KashFida pointed out, the onus can't just be on BIPOC folks to push the envelope.

5. We need allies to speak up, support us. We need editors to take more chances on young BIPOC reporters. I'll never forget the pride I felt filing for @mniype. I had never seen a brown editor before, let alone file for one. For a young brown reporter like me, it was inspiring.

6. Or having an editor like @alex_n_boyd, who created a newsroom that looked like the city. A newsroom where we covered our beats, but also brought stories from our communities into the mainstream, not just have them as relegated to the backpages as the perfunctory ethnic story.

7. So there is much good happening out there. But we can't drop the conversation now. Again, please hire young BIPOC reporters. And those already working for you, give them management roles, because it'll all be for nothing if that glass ceiling remains on top.

8. Oh and Ahmar Khan deserves an apology.