Posted on 04/19/2021 12:40:31 PM PDT by Red Badger
"He thinks I’m not Black enough. Seriously," Williams said after being told he wouldn't be a guest on the show.
Panamanian-American journalist Juan Williams said a white TV show host dismissed him from discussing George Floyd's death and subsequent social unrest because Williams wasn't "black enough."
Williams alleges the host is on the PBS-affiliated show "This Is America & The World" and that he declined to have Williams talk about race-related issues because he was born in Panama, not America. Williams, a Democrat, said he received a note from the show host telling him about his decision.
"A white TV host recently dismissed me from appearing on his show to discuss race relations by telling me I didn’t qualify because I was born in Panama," Williams said in his opinion piece in The Hill. "He thinks I’m not Black enough. Seriously."
Williams does not include the language of the note or the name of the host.
Floyd died in May 2020 while in the custody of Minneapolis police, sparking protests about police brutality around the world.
A PBS spokesperson told Mediaite in March, when the incident occurred, that the show may be carried by a "small number of member stations (but) it is not offered by our national feed and is not produced by PBS."
Williams, a paid Fox News contributor, said being rejected to talk about the issue because of where he was born is a "new one."
Williams has written several books on race relations in the United States and has worked for a wide range of media outlets, from The Washington Post to NPR to Fox News.
Then the hub bub is worthless.
Juan Williams was born in Pamana?
So, he’s Californian?
Panamanian American...
Please make it stop!
Go back to Panama if you miss it that damned much.
We want proud loyal U. S. Citizens here, without dual
loyalties.
We are all equal here. Enough of the splinter groups!
Williams was fired by NPR.
This is what got him fired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71pWw51uLsc
Btw I agree with what he (Williams) said.
The owl has died.
A hoot will not be given.
So was Rod Carew. Another dick.
At best, he’s Hispanic and a legal migrant into the US.
I enjoy having some Coke in the house.
Sadly, I’m just too White. I know they don’t want my
business.
I’ll honor their wish.
Wasn’t McCain born in the Canal Zone?
Juan has not been on The Five at Fox for a couple of weeks after he got a much deserved royal screwing by Jesse Waters.
Juan is just a cut out dem alinskyite talking head. He would be much happier plying his sordid trade at CNN.
Not only is Juan not black enough, he is also on the BLM/ANTIFA Dox List.
Let the purges continue. Juan is a victim of his own cancel culture ideology.
Maybe the real reason he was rejected is because he’s a moron?
And here all this time I thought he was Jewish.
I wonder if they would have allowed Sammy Davis Jr on?
Or Eartha Kitt.......................
Me either. And this incident is more proof of the complete insanity of the Woke Brigade.
>The owl has died.
>A hoot will not be given.
That’s good!
I will use that.
Juan Williams isn’t ANYTHING enough.
He’s dumb enough to be a Democrat.....................
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