. Schultz, who is white, claimed that he blew the whistle on alleged racial discrimination directed towards people of color and was ultimately terminated.
According to the lawsuit, Schultz was an adamant believer in “diversity and racial inclusion,” trying to find culturally sensitive writers for“Mr. Schultz consistently maintained a vision for staffing and producing the Program with a diverse group of creators and artists and was fully cooperative when PBS took this one step further and made it an absolute contractual mandate as a condition of greenlighting the full production,” according to the lawsuit.
“They saw the use of individuals as a handicap or unwelcome obstacle that could be disregarded if necessary and be evaded or overcome—even if it meant using underhanded and deceptive tactics,” the lawsuit read. “Further, management at Al Roker Entertainment did not see the PBS DEI mandate as a requirement.”
“Instead of giving the chances to BIPOC writers as had been the plan, the story editor, repeating a strategy previously advocated and backed by Al Roker Entertainment management in writing, wanted to have ‘non-BIPOC’ writers write the stories, and then bring on a ‘BIPOC’ writer,” the complaint read, adding that BIPOC writers would kind of review the material and add some flavor to make the writing seem culturally authentic.
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