According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, ESPN anchor Sage Steele was iced out of a special for the network regarding race after two colleagues of Steele’s, who are black, complained that the biracial anchor would not be accepted by the black community; or, as Steele herself described it, she was deemed not “black enough.”
“Ms. Steele said colleagues told her she was considered for the special by the executive in charge, Michael Fountain, until two of the other on-air personalities involved, Elle Duncan and Michael Eaves, complained, saying Ms. Steele wouldn’t be accepted by what they considered the Black community, according to the person familiar with her account to management,” the Journal reported Tuesday.
The ESPN special was titled, “The Undefeated Presents Time for Change: We Won’t Be Defeated,” and aired on June 24. “It was a reflection on race and sports after the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis,” according to the Journal.
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“Ms. Steele said colleagues told her she was considered for the special by the executive in charge, Michael Fountain, until two of the other on-air personalities involved, Elle Duncan and Michael Eaves, complained, saying Ms. Steele wouldn’t be accepted by what they considered the Black community, according to the person familiar with her account to management,” the Journal reported Tuesday.
The ESPN special was titled, “The Undefeated Presents Time for Change: We Won’t Be Defeated,” and aired on June 24. “It was a reflection on race and sports after the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis,” according to the Journal.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/repo...-complain-not-black-enough-heres-her-response