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Sage Steele Canceled - She's not black enough for ESPN's Race Special
Posted on 7/22/20 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 7/22/20 at 2:07 pm
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Sage Steele Iced Out Of Race Special After ESPN Colleagues Complain Not ‘Black Enough.’
LINK to WSJ
ESPN anchor Sage Steele has told management she believes she was excluded from a special the network aired on race last month because she wasn’t considered by certain Black colleagues to be an authentic voice for the Black community, a person familiar with the matter said.
Ms. Steele, one of the network’s most prominent on-air personalities, voiced her concerns to ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro in early June, saying the incident showed the network has a divisive work environment, the person said.
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.
Ms. Steele’s critics on social media have accused her of not being supportive enough toward the Black community and being insensitive in her comments about racial-justice protests.
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Ms. Steele, a 13-year ESPN veteran and host of the 6 p.m. flagship “SportsCenter,” wasn’t primarily concerned with her exclusion from the special, but rather what she felt have become regular attacks on her character over the past several years because of her views, the person familiar with her account said.
A self-described Army brat whose father is a West Point alumnus and a retired colonel, she has criticized those who don’t stand during the national anthem. She has sometimes called out athletes for off-field missteps.
Recently, she said on air and on social media that most Black athletes were unwilling to criticize Philadelphia Eagles player DeSean Jackson for making anti-Semitic comments. “The silence is deafening,” she said on ESPN. Mr. Jackson later apologized.
It's 100% a war against a certain ideology. The BLM soliders are Marxists first, black activists second....
This post was edited on 7/22/20 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 7/22/20 at 2:08 pm to goofball
It just keeps on giving....
This post was edited on 7/22/20 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 7/22/20 at 2:08 pm to goofball
love when the wokes start eating their own
ETA: i was thinking of Josina
ETA: i was thinking of Josina
This post was edited on 7/22/20 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 7/22/20 at 2:09 pm to goofball
Progressives are the worst racists of all.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 2:10 pm to goofball
She is rocking it at 47 years old
Posted on 7/22/20 at 2:10 pm to goofball
Welcome to Right, Sage! We're happy to have you!
Posted on 7/22/20 at 2:14 pm to goofball
If this can get just a little more traction, I think it could blow up into a nice little snafu for ESPN.
Come on, Fox News. Fox Sports... Where y'all at?
Come on, Fox News. Fox Sports... Where y'all at?
Posted on 7/22/20 at 2:15 pm to goofball
His name was Clayton Bigsby
Posted on 7/22/20 at 2:17 pm to goofball
Insert :u ain’t black dot jpg:
Posted on 7/22/20 at 2:17 pm to goofball
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Elle Duncan
Mouthy pos
Posted on 7/22/20 at 2:18 pm to goofball
Steele isnt progressive. That's the issue. She escaped the reservation.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 2:43 pm to goofball
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It's 100% a war against a certain ideology
Yup, this isn't about race. They just pretend it is so they can hide behind it.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 3:19 pm to goofball
She's a conservative black woman married to a white guy. The woke types at ESPN are always going to despise her. IWHI, of course.
This post was edited on 7/22/20 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 7/22/20 at 3:27 pm to goofball
I don't care how black anyone thinks she is, there is something about her that I find very sexy. (OP didn't put the most flattering picture of her in the post, but just trust me, she looks way better most of the time) IWHI.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 3:32 pm to goofball
Where is that retarded trill asking why cancel culture is bad?
Posted on 7/22/20 at 4:02 pm to goofball
But they gonna let Talcum X speak for them?
Posted on 7/22/20 at 4:27 pm to goofball
Not only is she a sweet, smart lady, but she's thankfully smart enough to not be brainwashed by all this political, racial garbage. Good for you Sage.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 4:31 pm to goofball
As an amateur observer of humans, she seems black enough to me.
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