Thursday, December 13, 2012

Meteorologist Rhonda Lee: Was She Fired for Defending Her Hair?

http://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/meteorologist-rhonda-lee-she-fired-defending-her-hair-200400289.html

 more info
2 times does not constitute multiple.


they are really going after Blacks.
This isn't the first time meteorologist Rhonda Lee's short hair has affected her job, she says. (Photo: Facebo …When a viewer took meteorologist Rhonda A. Lee to task online for having short hair, rather than for any job-related issues, she defended herself. But instead of supporting Lee or even deleting theoffensive Facebook post, Shreveport, Louisiana television station KTBS fired her, saying she had violated the company's unofficial social media policy.
Now, her fans are furious. Nearly 1,000 people have signed a petition at causes.com asking that KTBS-TV rehire Lee, saying she was victimized twice, once by the viewer who wrote the insensitive remarks "and again by KTBS-TV." 
"Rhonda Lee deserves to have her job back," the petition reads. "Her eloquent response to the bigoted and sexist remarks of viewer Emmitt Vascocu were warranted. Employers such as KTBS-TV should stand by their on-air talent when they are verbally attacked based on their looks, values or merit." 
 "I would never have dreamed in a million years that I would get all this support," Rhonda Lee told the Daily News. "It's been a tough go at first to not be angry. But mostly I'm just sad. I genuinely loved where I worked. I loved my viewers. I made my home here."
The controversy started on October 1, when a viewer left a post on KTBS-TV's public Facebook page criticizing Lee's looks.
"the black lady that does the news is a very nice lady. the onlt [sic] thing is she needs to wear a wig or grow some more hair," wrote Emmitt Vascocu on October 1. "im not sure if she is a cancer patient. but still its not something myself that i think looks good on tv."
despicable them