RACISM, THE ’N’ WORD,” AND JOURNALISM
RACISM, THE ’N’ WORD,” AND JOURNALISM
Wendy Mesley was (still is, I hope, but we’re not sure) a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reporter and news host. Has been for many years on radio and TV.
She is excellent.
UPDATE: NOW WE'RE SURE.
She was invited to retire (one way or another).
The CBC investigated Wendy Mesley’s allegedly “racist” comment in a production meeting in November 2020.
Nobody heard about it because it was in a closed editorial meeting.
Time passed with no details—just vague maunderings.
Finally, the press fallout:
“…an internal investigation found she used “offensive language on two separate occasions during editorial meetings,” both the host and CBC confirmed.
Reprimanded, she was forced to apologize.
Background:
In 1968, a Quebec author, Pierre Vallieres wrote a book.
Nègres blancs d’Amérique, translated into English as White Niggers of America. The book compared the historical situation of French-Canadians to that of African-Americans at the height of the latter’s civil rights struggles, where Vallières argued the parallels between the two peoples as an exploited…