Louisiana TV Station Fires Black Meteorologist for Replying to Viewer's Barb About Her Hair
December 20, 2012
4,737
87
30
2.47%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Amy Goodman Episodes Around December 20, 2012
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
12:18Now PlayingLouisiana TV Station Fires Black Meteorologist for Replying to Viewer's Barb About Her Hair
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelDemocracyNow.org - Rhonda Lee, an African-American TV meteorologist, was fired by the Louisiana's KTBS last month after responding to a viewer's criticism of her short, natural hairstyle on Facebook. Lee had written: "I am the black lady' to which you are referring. I'm sorry you don't like my ethnic hair. And no I don't have cancer. ... I am very proud of my African-American ancestry which includes my hair ... I'm very proud of who I am and the standard of beauty I display. Women come in all shapes, sizes, nationalities, and levels of beauty. Showing little girls that being comfortable in the skin and HAIR God gave me is my contribution to society." Lee joins us to discuss her firing, and the remarkable show of support she's received from around the nation after her story went viral.
To watch the entire weekday independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, search our vast archive, or to find more information about Democracy Now! and Amy Goodman, visit
Democracy Now!, an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1,100+ TV and radio stations Monday through Friday.
FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE:
Twitter: @democracynow
Subscribe on YouTube
Listen on SoundCloud
Daily Email News Digest
Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.