ICHEOKU says racism is still a fact of life in America and it comes in different shades and colors; including innuendos and pretentiousness, as well as "I like your accent" or "Can I help you find something", the shopper's I know you are here racist question. But Jan Shedd of Dallas Texas has taken her racism to a completely new low in the body shaming of WFAA-TV Channel 8's newly hired traffic anchor lady, Demetria Obilor.
In her now deleted post, the racist white woman Jan Shedd wrote:
"Has anyone seen Channel 8’s new morning traffic reporter? Her name is Demetria Obilor & she’s a size 16/18 woman in a size six dress and she looks ridiculous . . . I understand that when I watch Channel 8 I’m going to get biased reporting and political correctness, but clearly they have taken complete leave of their senses. I’m not going to watch Channel 8 anymore."
ICHEOKU says what has "biased reporting and political correctness" got to do with traffic information which Demetria was hired to present on television? Jan Shedd went on to say that Demetria "looks ridiculous" and you wonder with which jaundiced lens did she view or look at the beautiful and curvy Demetria to arrive at her ridiculous assessment. To make matters worse, she went on to threaten a boycott of the television station for hiring a black woman to present a show in their white town.
Anyone who is black and colored in America, knows what color does to careers and that white folks do not like to see colored people on their television and such other places as they feel they are somewhat connected or linked to. A cousin of mine once lost his dish washing job in Connecticut simply because he violated a standing rule never to be seen by diners when he came out to pick plates to wash. As ridiculous as it may seem, many of the white people eating their dinner dropped their cutleries in shock that a black man touched the food they are eating, True to type, the restaurant owner called my cousin into his office and summarily fired him. Even some professional services such as law and medicine will see you being disparaged by some white clients who do not trust that you are intelligence enough to handle their business and they will make a fuzz about it, leading to separation from work places.
ICHEOKU once met this black surgeon who narrated his own ordeal as we were discussing race challenges in work places concerning this white female patient who he was about operated on; but who insisted that he does not touch him. Unbeknownst to her, the white surgeon who she preferred was tutored by the black surgeon that she does not want to touch her. Even in some jobs as hotel doorman which you will expect to be readily available for folks; some high end hotels will only allow black folks to work the night shift but definitely not morning and afternoon shift when their high valued guest will be much around. Yes, despite their pretentiousness, their hatred for colored people is skin deep and it runs through the entire gamut of white skinned people; including those in mixed marital relationship who do not miss any given opportunity to remind you who you are and where your place is; just don't make them mad.
Unfortunately, Jan Shedd and her hating group will eventually win as television stations survive on viewership and ratings. Advertisers will bring their products, targeting the large viewership and ratings simultaneously go up depending on how many people tune in to listen and view what they have to present. So once the ratings and viewership begins to go south, this television station will be forced to fire Demetria Obilor and will pay her whatever her lawyers negotiate as fair and reasonable separation package. The fact of the matter is that these racist have groups and associations and they will go underground to continue to wage this fight against a black woman who is presenting a show on their white television and their reach is extensive and their rage unforgiving.
So Demetria Obilor might enjoy whatever immediate fame and momentary applaud she is getting now, but she should consider her days at WFAA-TV (Channel 8) Dallas numbered, because the ratings and viewership will drop and she will be the expendable sacrificial lamb. It is the way of racist America and they will always have their way, albeit surreptitiously. ICHEOKU knows this professor who was forced out of her teaching gig because the majority white students always walk out of her class and the school denied her tenure and instead paid her separation package to leave following a discrimination complaint her lawyers filed. The story goes on without ending and so Demetria will not be the first neither will she be the last to face this overt racism, but hopefully, she will be alright.
Regrettably, it is not whether or not you know your job or have the necessary qualification for the job. No, it is always other extra curriculum nonsensical that has nothing to do with your job performance that will eventually force you out of a job. Even when one of them likes you enough to want to fight for you, at the end of the day, the pressure will be so much and so concentrated against him or her that will force their resistance to yield and cave in.
As far as Jan Shedd is concerned, it is irrelevant whether or not Demetria Obilor is actually good at what she does - traffic reporting; it is not important, because that was not her primary motivating factor. Demetria's skin color as well as hair type is the problem and she has to be forced out because her sight on their television is unsightly; hence all the insinuations including the subliminal threat that "I'm not going to watch Channel 8 anymore." As far as Jan Shedd is concerned, Demetria Obilor does not look the part: her last name sounds funny; she has thickness around her bones; her hair is negro-like and yes, the baby got back, an African woman's (yash) - a bum-bum, which is a complete no, no, for some of these skeletal white bimbos.
ICHEOKU says watching television in America makes you doubly convinced on the lack of sensitivity of the programmers, who only cater to the needs of their white television audience for the most part. Sometimes, when you have the opportunity to confront them on the apparent racial insensitivity, they will tell you that the market determines who they present on television as they do not want to lose their television audience and advertisers are always on their back too. Then add Hollywood movie rolls and their casting and a complete routing is glaring. It is sad, but the reality on the ground is that America has not moved in reality away from its racist past; admitted some progress is being made but it is more of show than actuality, especially in areas of complete assimilation of the people instead of each living in their own neighborhoods and doing their own things. But hey, shout out to Demetria Obilor and power to the black woman holding traffic forte at Dallas WFAA Channel 8 and she is a Nigerian American.
Anyone who is black and colored in America, knows what color does to careers and that white folks do not like to see colored people on their television and such other places as they feel they are somewhat connected or linked to. A cousin of mine once lost his dish washing job in Connecticut simply because he violated a standing rule never to be seen by diners when he came out to pick plates to wash. As ridiculous as it may seem, many of the white people eating their dinner dropped their cutleries in shock that a black man touched the food they are eating, True to type, the restaurant owner called my cousin into his office and summarily fired him. Even some professional services such as law and medicine will see you being disparaged by some white clients who do not trust that you are intelligence enough to handle their business and they will make a fuzz about it, leading to separation from work places.
ICHEOKU once met this black surgeon who narrated his own ordeal as we were discussing race challenges in work places concerning this white female patient who he was about operated on; but who insisted that he does not touch him. Unbeknownst to her, the white surgeon who she preferred was tutored by the black surgeon that she does not want to touch her. Even in some jobs as hotel doorman which you will expect to be readily available for folks; some high end hotels will only allow black folks to work the night shift but definitely not morning and afternoon shift when their high valued guest will be much around. Yes, despite their pretentiousness, their hatred for colored people is skin deep and it runs through the entire gamut of white skinned people; including those in mixed marital relationship who do not miss any given opportunity to remind you who you are and where your place is; just don't make them mad.
Unfortunately, Jan Shedd and her hating group will eventually win as television stations survive on viewership and ratings. Advertisers will bring their products, targeting the large viewership and ratings simultaneously go up depending on how many people tune in to listen and view what they have to present. So once the ratings and viewership begins to go south, this television station will be forced to fire Demetria Obilor and will pay her whatever her lawyers negotiate as fair and reasonable separation package. The fact of the matter is that these racist have groups and associations and they will go underground to continue to wage this fight against a black woman who is presenting a show on their white television and their reach is extensive and their rage unforgiving.
So Demetria Obilor might enjoy whatever immediate fame and momentary applaud she is getting now, but she should consider her days at WFAA-TV (Channel 8) Dallas numbered, because the ratings and viewership will drop and she will be the expendable sacrificial lamb. It is the way of racist America and they will always have their way, albeit surreptitiously. ICHEOKU knows this professor who was forced out of her teaching gig because the majority white students always walk out of her class and the school denied her tenure and instead paid her separation package to leave following a discrimination complaint her lawyers filed. The story goes on without ending and so Demetria will not be the first neither will she be the last to face this overt racism, but hopefully, she will be alright.
Regrettably, it is not whether or not you know your job or have the necessary qualification for the job. No, it is always other extra curriculum nonsensical that has nothing to do with your job performance that will eventually force you out of a job. Even when one of them likes you enough to want to fight for you, at the end of the day, the pressure will be so much and so concentrated against him or her that will force their resistance to yield and cave in.
As far as Jan Shedd is concerned, it is irrelevant whether or not Demetria Obilor is actually good at what she does - traffic reporting; it is not important, because that was not her primary motivating factor. Demetria's skin color as well as hair type is the problem and she has to be forced out because her sight on their television is unsightly; hence all the insinuations including the subliminal threat that "I'm not going to watch Channel 8 anymore." As far as Jan Shedd is concerned, Demetria Obilor does not look the part: her last name sounds funny; she has thickness around her bones; her hair is negro-like and yes, the baby got back, an African woman's (yash) - a bum-bum, which is a complete no, no, for some of these skeletal white bimbos.
ICHEOKU says watching television in America makes you doubly convinced on the lack of sensitivity of the programmers, who only cater to the needs of their white television audience for the most part. Sometimes, when you have the opportunity to confront them on the apparent racial insensitivity, they will tell you that the market determines who they present on television as they do not want to lose their television audience and advertisers are always on their back too. Then add Hollywood movie rolls and their casting and a complete routing is glaring. It is sad, but the reality on the ground is that America has not moved in reality away from its racist past; admitted some progress is being made but it is more of show than actuality, especially in areas of complete assimilation of the people instead of each living in their own neighborhoods and doing their own things. But hey, shout out to Demetria Obilor and power to the black woman holding traffic forte at Dallas WFAA Channel 8 and she is a Nigerian American.
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