Thread by @wickdchiq

I find it interesting that for someone who has worked on a few budgets, in fiscal policy at Finance Canada, and an economist, I got one media spot for #Budget2022. Just goes to show that Black women aren't called to talk about important matters like money in #cdnmedia or #cdnpoli

If #cdnmedia really wants to diversify then they need to rethink what "experts" look like. And #cdnmedia has determined that people who can speak on issues of finance and economics aren't Black women like myself. There is no representation there #Budget2022

I've even done budget lockup 2 or 3 times. Did @CBCNews @CTVNews or @globalnews reach out?
NOPE.
Apparently Black women can only talk about Black things and not about "serious" topics. That is the media bias some of us talk about and it's discriminatory
#CdnMediaFailed

.@TorontoStar? NOPE
@globeandmail? NOPE
Any women's magazine? NOPE.
And this is how the idea of expertise as white or if not white, male, is reinforced.
And why isn't anyone contacting @erin_gee about crypto? Because she's a racialized woman who is not considered an expert

The fact that I still have to write threads about this post-George Floyd tells you everything about the seriousness of the media conglomerate in this country to tell different stories, to diversify, to investigate different questions, to do their job.

Truth is even with all the credentials Black women get left behind. Miss me with this “merit” nonsense