[Wamvan] Afro-American meterologist taken off air

[sarah khan]

Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if any of you have been following this. An Afro-American
was taken off air because she responded to a viewer, who commented on her
hair. The station management have a rule about not allowing the employees
to respond to their viewers. That said, isn't it obvious that this was a
very sensitive issue. The viewer was being racist and sexist, and she
responded to his comments with a lot of grace and respect. In my mind, the
station is also being racist by taking her off air.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/meteorologist-fired-after-responding-to-facebook-comment-on-her-hair/2012/12/13/493f1c1e-4474-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_blog.html?fb_action_ids=10200827406997559&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_ref=sm_btn_fb&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210200827406997559%22%3A177789289028860%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210200827406997559%22%3A%22og.recommends%22%7D&action_ref_map=%7B%2210200827406997559%22%3A%22sm_btn_fb%22%7
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