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Two weeks ago today, I sent an email to producers at KCRW's Greater LA saying I could not appear as a contributor on the show again until the station publicly responded to journalist Cerise Castle's allegations of racism and erasure of her work on the #MyBlackLA project.
Since I sent that note, more Black journalists have come forward sharing their experiences of racism at KCRW. A KCRW employee resigned. And yet, there has been no additional public statement from KCRW management aside from a thread attempting to discredit Cerise’s allegations.
Regular KCRW guests have asked me if they should appear on the station. Here's what I'm telling them.
KCRW has provided a more detailed public explanation for why it dropped the show The Daily than it has for why it's not moving forward with #MyBlackLA kcrw.com/news/articles/…
KCRW has provided a more detailed public explanation for why it dropped the show The Daily than it has for why it's not moving forward with #MyBlackLA kcrw.com/news/articles/…
Today @kcrw had a meeting to discuss @cerisecastle's appearance on @thelapod. If you haven't listened to it yet, the interview starts around 1:04:22. Because I am smart and everyone hates them, I have a recording of their meeting lmao. (thread)
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So right away let me say 3 things coming down the pipeline according to this meeting
1.) They've decided not to extend the #MyBlackLA project
2.) They've decided to deny all allegations and call @cerisecastle a liar
3.) Drew Tewksbury has resigned
1.) They've decided not to extend the #MyBlackLA project
2.) They've decided to deny all allegations and call @cerisecastle a liar
3.) Drew Tewksbury has resigned
.@benoonbenoon admits that structural racism exists then says, "The comments, the allegations, contain many statements of things that are factually incorrect." So yes, racism exists. But you're out of your black ass mind if you think anyone at KCRW has ever done it.
