A former producer for veteran journalist Charlie Rose’s canceled PBS show says that racism and sexism were “inherent” to the behind-the-scenes atmosphere at the show.
Producer Rebecca Carroll, who now works at Shonda Rhimes’ production company ShondaLand, tweeted Wednesday evening that Rose would regularly belittle her and that she was punished for speaking out about “casual racism” at the show.
“As a young black woman starting out as a producer for the prestigious Charlie Rose show, I had to gauge every day whether to respond to casual racism or sexually predatory behavior,” Carroll tweeted.
“I spoke out about racialized or micro-aggressive racism and was punished for it. The predatory behavior was ignored or accepted or laughed off — it was inherent to our daily culture,” she continued.
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