Kate Merrill, a news anchor for WBZ News (the Boston affiliate of CBS), has filed a federal lawsuit against her former employer for anti-white discrimination.
According to Fox News, back in 2021, parent company CBS called WBZ “too white” (a blatantly racist statement), “the least diverse station for on air talent” (why is a station’s proportion of non-white people being equated with diversity?), and “the whitest of all their stations” (as if this is somehow a bad thing).
As part of the resulting push for “DEI” (which in reality is anything but), WBZ hired a black meteorologist named Jason Mikell and laid off a white meteorologist named Zack Green. (This sounds like a blatant instance of racial discrimination.)
Subsequently, Mikell made an inappropriate sexual comment about Merrill on air. (This sounds like pretty egregious misconduct.) Merrill attempted to remain on civil terms with Mikell despite this. One day, she texted him to correct his mispronunciation of the town Concord (sounds reasonable), and he responded by loudly, aggressively, and unprofessionally yelling at her in the studio (sounds highly unreasonable).
Other colleagues reported the sexual comment to HR, and Merrill herself reported the aggressive yelling. But no one did anything to discipline Mikell for his conduct. Instead, Merrill was informed that she was the subject of an investigation. Mikell had filed a complaint against her for having “treated coworkers differently because of their race.” Her crime? Allegedly being critical of Mikell and – gasp! – failing to ask him about his weekends. As punishment for these horrendous deeds (sarcasm by me, in case that wasn’t obvious), Merrill was demoted from weekday morning co-anchor, to weekend nights. Advised by colleagues and union leaders that the demotion was career-ending, she opted to resign, but was barred, due to a non-competition provision, from working in the field for over one year.
The lawsuit states: “Merrill vehemently challenged the validity of Defendant Mikell’s allegations and denied (and denies) any of her actions, inactions, or comments were as described or motivated by overt racism or unconscious bias. Based on the falsity and/or and misleading nature of Defendant Mikell’s allegations, Defendant Mikell acted with malice and/or improper motive in lodging a complaint against Ms. Merrill.”
I agree with this lawsuit 100%. WBZ’s decision to hire Mikell and lay off Green was discriminatory. Mikell’s actions towards Merrill were mean, inappropriate, and wrong, and his decision to file a complaint against her was completely baseless. The station’s decision to discipline Merrill, and not to discipline Mikell, was absolutely egregious. In short, both the station collectively and Mikell individually, acted unjustly, wrongly, and immorally. They should be ashamed of themselves, and they deserve the harshest possible punishment.
Mikell’s actions, and WBZ’s response of declining to punish him and instead punishing his victim, exemplify the trend in our society in which black people are able to do anything, no matter how wrong, bad, or harmful to others, with impunity. Because if a white person criticizes or complains about a black person in any way, no matter how justified and no matter how completely unrelated to the person’s race, we are accused of being racist, and we are considered to be the problem. Thereby creating a society in which white people are allowed to be criticized, and black people aren’t. If that isn’t an example of systemic racism, then I don’t know what is. It’s despicable that so many people go on and on about the existence of “white privilege” when the opposite is actually the case.
I remember Kate Merrill from the days when I was actually able to watch the local news without being subjected to PTSD attacks thanks to DEI supporters’ violent destruction of everything that makes my life worth living (but I digress). I hadn’t known about her departure from the station or the reasons behind it until I came across this Fox News article. I hope that she succeeds in her lawsuit.
