Salon.com > Sesali Bowen http://www.salon.com Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 African-American meteorologist fired for defending her hair http://www.salon.com/2012/12/14/african_american_meteorologist_fired_for_defending_her_hair/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/14/african_american_meteorologist_fired_for_defending_her_hair/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:02:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13124987 Feministing But don’t worry, no one involved in this scenario was racist. *Sigh*

Clutch Magazine reported that Rhonda A. Lee, a meteorologist at an ABC affiliate in Shreveport, La., was referenced in this post by a viewer on Facebook:

“the black lady that does the news is a very nice lady.the only thing is she needs to wear a wig or grow some more hair. im not sure if she is a cancer patient. but still its not something myself that i think looks good on tv. what about letting someone a male have waist long hair do the news.what about that (cq).”

Rhonda responded:

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