Veteran BBC journalist Kurt Barling, who was made redundant by the organisation after almost 25-years, has claimed that it “doesn’t respect” its black members of staff.
Writing in The Sunday Times, Barling, who left the BBC last week, claimed that the corporation’s managers still recruited those in their own image, and that as a result, ethnic minority, Asian and Black members of staff were not being replaced.
“I’m heartened that now the most senior levels of management recognise … the BBC has a diversity problem. But everyone below them seems to be either defensive and/or in a collective state of Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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