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CBC Starts Whistleblower Line To Report Racism Inside The Corp.
It all stems from an open letter issued by employees last week claiming the CBC - surely the most politically correct broadcaster in the country - is rife with racism.
CBC President Unveils Whistleblower Hotline For Staff To Report Workplace Racism
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grilled.cheese wrote:
CBC takes workplaces allegations seriously, just ask anyone who worked with Jian Ghomeshi
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"Brown says there was no warning to staff before the screening about the racial slur they would hear. The N-word was used a dozen times in the documentary — in 911 calls, in trial testimony and by a white woman who insisted it had no racial connotation.
Near the end of the documentary, the white mother of a young woman convicted of a hate crime met with the Black judge who presided over her daughter's trial. After that conversation, the mother agreed she should no longer use the N-word.
Sources who were present at the screening say two Fifth Estate employees — host Gillian Findlay and editor Loretta Hicks — used the N-word in staff discussions about the documentary immediately following the screening.
Witnesses in the room at the time described Findlay as quoting a person from the documentary that had just been shown to the group.
In an emailed statement, Findlay said she didn't recall saying the N-word but is sorry if she did.
"Over the course of 15 months, I have revisited that day many times," the statement said. "I have never had — and do not now have — a recollection of repeating the documentary's use of the word myself. If, however, my memory is wrong, and I did quote someone from the film using the word, I apologize. It should not have happened. "
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