Fox News Slapped With A Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
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On Tuesday, a combined total of 13 current and former employees of Fox News — all people of color — took three separate legal actions against the organization, alleging years of “hostile racial discrimination.”
Each complaint, at least in part, addresses the behavior of Judith Slater, the company’s longtime comptroller whom Fox News fired in late February. Slater, the complainants allege, subjected black and other nonwhite employees in the payroll department to “top-down racial harassment.”
Fox News reporter Kelly Wright happens to be one of the individuals suing over apparent racial discrimination. He said he “has been effectively sidelined and asked to perform the role of a ‘Jim Crow’ — the racist caricature of a Black entertainer.”
Wright claims he floated the idea of a morning show that would’ve aired before “Fox & Friends” last year, but “rather than allowing Mr. Wright to host the show, Fox has given that job to another of Mr. Wright’s White colleagues.”
Wright also claimed he wanted to appear on O’Reilly’s show (during the Ferguson shenanigans) and highlight the “positive stories about the African-American community and its contributions to the world,” but alleges O’Reilly refused because “it showed Blacks in ‘too positive’ a light.”
In addition, Wright claims co-president Bill Shine “has demonstrated an obsession with race when it comes to discussions with Mr. Wright, including regularly asking him, ‘how do Black people react to you’ and ‘how do you think White viewers look at you?'”
There’s more where that came from. Each of the individuals suing have a story. In fact, one former employee– who happened to be Bangladeshi– accused Roger Ailes of “building a wall in his office to keep out dark-skinned employees.”
Fox News “vehemently” denies the “race discrimination claims in both lawsuits.”
“They are copycat complaints of the original one filed last month,” the spokesman told CNN. “We will vigorously defend these cases.”
It never ends.
