2 former executives danger! and wheel of fortune Sony Pictures has been accused of unlawful racial, gender, and age discrimination and retaliation.
Shelley Ballance Ellis, a black woman, and her Latina colleague, Monique Diaz, filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Division (CRD) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), alleging that Sony executives fired her and other employees in retaliation for collectively opposing harmful discrimination. I filed a complaint. and harmful working conditions. danger! and Wheel of Fortune.
The two spent a combined almost 50 years working on the show. Balance Ellis was the Executive Director of Licensing and Clearance at Sony Pictures Entertainment, where Diaz also worked. The pair ended their relationship in April.
They claim they were fired because they opposed racial discrimination in the workplace, wage inequality that Diaz experienced, the glass ceiling and other prejudices that Valance Ellis experienced as an older black woman, and the airing of inappropriate footage of Southern plantations. wheel of fortune, Racist remarks and jokes wheel of fortune It dismissed workers’ concerns about racial bias in the control room and about black women appearing on the show. danger! Game question.
The CRD and the federal NLRB are expected to investigate the allegations in the coming months. The pair is represented by Hillary Benham Baker of Benham-Baker Legal and Peter Romer-Friedman and David Berman of Peter Romer-Friedman Law PLLC.
Balance Ellis referenced Maya Angelou’s comments in 1995 that she was boycotting the show due to its lack of diverse contestants and Vanna White’s pay dispute with Vanna White. wheel of fortune From the bill. “As the highest-ranking Black production executive, danger! and wheel of fortune… I had a front row seat to seeing and experiencing this racial prejudice and insensitivity.”
Diaz highlighted incidents where he and other colleagues expressed discomfort about filming “Plantations.” wheel of fortune. It was clear that Sony was aware of this inconvenience. My team and I were uncomfortable having to negotiate video, location and photography contracts with farm representatives,” she said.
She also filed a complaint wheel of fortune producer for racist and sexist comments about the hair of comedian Leslie Jones and other women of color.
danger!, The show, produced by Michael Davies and hosted by Ken Jennings, is in its 41st season. It is produced by sony pictures televisionIt is distributed domestically through CBS Media Ventures and internationally through Paramount Global Content Distribution.
wheel of fortune, The show, produced by Bellamie Blackstone and hosted by Ryan Seacrest, is in season 42. It is produced by Sony Pictures Television.
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