Sexual assaults and harassment aren’t the only things going on at NBC these days. Racial discrimination is going on too, at least if you believe this story from two former Jimmy Fa;;on show workers. Questlove of course is known to be a black racist, so his involvement in the latest lawsuit against NBC isn’t really surprising.
| Two former Fallon Show employees sue NBC and Questlove for racial discrimination |
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Two former of employees of “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” claim they were fired at the behest of Questlove and they feel they were targeted because they were white.
According to a lawsuit obtained by The Blast, Kurt Decker and Michael Cimino were working on the show as camera operators on June 19, 2017 when they received “an unsolicited racist and misogynist text message from a Tonight Show stagehand.”
They claim a third person, Mark Kelley — a bassist for The Roots — also received the message. Kelley is African-American.
Decker and Cimino claim they did not respond to the message and later reported it to Keith McPhee (a manager of The Roots) and Bryon King, a technical production manager at NBC.
The two men claim there were both immediately suspended, but Kelley was not.
A seven-week investigation ensued and, they claim, Questlove “pressured NBC to fire all of the Caucasian employees involved in the incident.”
They also claim Questlove demanded Kelley receive no discipline.