When it comes to places that enable racism, work environment, including the set of TV shows, is among the places where black community experience unfair treatment or being the subject of stereotypes.
- Aug 2, 2020
AceShowbiz - Ellen DeGeneres' popular TV show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" recently made headlines after toxic work environment and racism allegations against the show surfaced online. A former employee claimed that she experienced acts of racism and "microaggressions" during her time on set.
A senior-lever producer allegedly told her that she had "box braids." Additionally, she claimed a writer on the award-winning talk show told her, "I'm sorry, I only know the names of the white people who work here," at a work function.
In response to the claims, host Ellen broke her silence on Thursday, July 30 in an internal memo. The 62-year-old TV personality wrote that she's "sorry" for what happened and claimed that she had been misrepresented. "I promise to do my part in continuing to push myself and everyone around me to learn and grow. It's important to me and to Warner Bros. that everyone who has something to say can speak up and feels safe doing so," she wrote, before apologizing to those who didn't "love working" on the show.
