event 6
Event 6: Backlash over racial comments by ESPN reporter
top retweets:
“Multiple Black ESPN employees said they told one another after hearing the (Rachel Nichols) conversation that it confirmed their suspicions that outwardly supportive white people talk differently behind closed doors”
— 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 (@exavierpope) July 4, 2021
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Welcome to corporate America https://t.co/nPnrf1rph2
Rachel Nichols said Maria Taylor earned the job to host 2020 NBA finals coverage because ESPN was “feeling pressure” on diversity. https://t.co/kOJzr7x3dC
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 4, 2021
go figure, the New York Post ran a fake story planted by ESPN to distract people from the real story they knew was coming from the New York Times.
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) July 4, 2021
this happens repeatedly https://t.co/rvBNSkyYTb
Rachel Nichols: “If you need to give her more things to do because you are feeling pressure about your crappy longtime record on diversity — which, by the way, I know personally from the female side of it — like, go for it. Just find it somewhere else.” pic.twitter.com/aB5MifujuX
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 4, 2021
A video showing the ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols making disparaging comments about the selection of Maria Taylor for a key job has caused substantial damage at the network the past year. @kevinmdraper on the video and its fallout: https://t.co/jo5XQAZiAF
— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) July 4, 2021
I just read this entire story. I can't find what Rachel Nichols said that was offensive. Someone please point it out to me. Also, revealing her private conversation with Adam Mendelsohn is a gross violation of their privacy. The NYTimes has Deadspin standards. Sad. https://t.co/4ZdnZBi7Sy
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) July 4, 2021
Don’t let Rachel Nichols’ casual racism hide the fact that Adam Mendelsohn, one of LeBron James’ closest advisers and co-founder of @morethanavote, is “exhausted” by the Black Lives Matter and Me Too movements. White privilege at its finest. https://t.co/ervF7WEeee pic.twitter.com/UT1Wxmuj46
— Edgar Alvarez Barajas (@abcdedgar) July 4, 2021
Rachel Nichols is a prime example of white women who claim to be allies of all women/diversity but as long as it doesn’t advance a women of color in her particular field.
— KC (@KarenCivil) July 4, 2021
A terrible reminder that HR's job is to protect the company and it's clear who ESPN defines as the company worthy of protection. This whole story is disappointing even if unsurprising. https://t.co/YPrdkI5Djx
— Jessica Luther (@jessicawluther) July 4, 2021