Paramount TV chief fired over inappropriate comments

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American Thinker
Rick Moran
July 20, 2018

The president of Paramount Corporation's TV unit has been fired for what is being called "comments inconsistent with Viacom's values."  Paramount TV is a subsidiary of media conglomerate Viacom.

Amy Powell was Paramount's golden girl, a rising star who helped create several hit TV shows when she came on board in 2013.  But on a studio notes call with executives and talent for the show The First Wives Club, Powell apparently made what was interpreted as racially insensitive generalizations about black women.  Several complaints from those in on the call led to her firing.

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Powell's strong denial suggests that those who might have been offended by her remarks were looking to be offended.  Apparently, not everyone was offended enough to complain to human resources, suggesting there was a racial perspective in interpreting her remarks.

More... https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/07/paramount_tv_chief_fired_over_inappropriate_comments.html

[endicom]

As with comrades Stalin and Mao, no one is safe.

[Wingnut]

Is making "generalizations" about race a firing offense?  If so, the almost universal generalization by many blacks that almost all whites are racist should lead to a slew of firings.  But, as we all know, the world doesn't work that way.  Generalizing about race or stereotyping people based on race is a transgression that only one race must pay for.

 

[dfwgator]

Liberals hoisted on their own petard.

[austingirl]

This is double plus ungood.