OT ESPN removes Rachel Nichols from NBA programming, cancels 'The Jump'

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To be fair I don't know if Nichols is racisct or not. Maybe you rite.
But to be clear: To add "strengths to said workplace" you have to add professionals, not diversity.
I am in constructions. Imagine if I base my team of builders on diversity. Instead of five big mfs with tone of experience I would build my team based on race, sex and political opinions. I am pretty sure that Facebook activists would be delighted and I would have great PR, but no one in the world would take my work seriously and rightfully so.
And that, I think, was Rachel's case. Again, I might be wrong about this one.
All in all, if man base his hiring on race instead of professionalism, he is the one, that is racist.

 

Yeah, if you hired all dry wall guys it would work perfectly... wait, you need diversity of experience to be successful. In a creative workplace like television different backgrounds and experiences are even more important. That being said, for Nichols to be sure that Taylor didn't have more skills and experiences than her that made her more qualified isn't really Nichols' place to determine. I for one liked Taylor's hosting better. So we're still missing the important part. Nichols ignored everything else and decided to identify Taylor's skin color as the thing that won her the job... that shit is racist.

 

As I said, I didn't dig about Taylor and you can easily be right about this one.
But I can understand that someone can be frustrated about this diversity and PC stuff, cos it came way over the board and many people base their opinions about people on sex or race - trying to be PC - and they don't see they are the ones, that actually are racists.
If you hiring someone and you add them points just for being african, you are fuckin racist, not me.

 

I was on Kara Walker exhibition today. She would probably agree with you

 

Her target of criticism was a black woman and ESPN. ESPN for saying they're making diversity hires, the black woman for saying she would be the recipient of the diversity hire...

Why the fuck do people have to explain this shit in 2021...?

 

It's debatable whether Nichols was correct in her criticism. Hell, if she had just spoken a simple truth, "Maria Taylor got the job because she's hotter than me," even that might have been enough to get her fired and/or redistributed nowadays. See: Mike Richards of Jeopardy.

 

Now you're on some other shit. Maria Taylor is great at her job.

Rachel really probably got fired because she was fucking Jimmy Butler...

 

Proof?

I never liked Maria Taylor. I do however think Malika Andrews is better than both of them

 

It's a rumor. But one that's been substantiated by folks in the bubble. I'm surprised you never heard about it.

Edit: Oh wait, I thought you were asking for proof about RN's affair with JB. That's the rumor.

I've always liked Maria Taylor.

 

This is great. You don't have to like it tho... Unsure why you dislike her...

 

I have heard the RUMOR

 

I dunno?

Her voice?
Tries too hard?

 

This is a shame. Rachael is great!

 

I realize you're incapable of picking up on nuances, but Taylor being great at her job has nothing to do with what I said. Your knee jerk reaction implies that Nichols is worse at the same job, which again, is at best debatable.

It's entirely possible for Nichols to have been correct that Taylor was a diversity promotion while also being deserving, just as it's possible for Nichols' statement to have been equally truthful and unacceptable.

p.s. I thought you were ignoring me for the foreseeable future?

 

You just diminished Maria Taylor saying she got hired because "she was hotter". I said she's good at her job.

It's a direct response to your idiocy.

 

Welcome to the forum! I'd just like to take a moment and let you know how much I appreciate your avatar!

 

It's a truth, not the only truth. Again, nuances. Understanding them will get you further in life.

 

Thanks! Yours isn’t bad, either!

 

Whats is that under her hood?