{"id":583635,"date":"2021-07-06T08:36:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T12:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583635"},"modified":"2021-07-06T08:36:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T12:36:07","slug":"leaked-audio-espns-rachel-nichols-suggests-she-was-passed-over-for-being-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-audio-espns-rachel-nichols-suggests-she-was-passed-over-for-being-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked Audio: ESPN\u2019s Rachel Nichols Suggests She Was Passed Over For Being White\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleaked-audio-espns-rachel-nichols-suggests-she-was-passed-over-for-being-white%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583635&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1231516966.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In leaked audio, ESPN host and reporter Rachel Nichols suggested the network passed her over for a gig at the NBA finals because she\u2019s white, instead opting to give the job to ESPN reporter Maria Taylor, who is black.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/rachel-nichols-leaked-diversity-comments-about-maria-taylor-causes-uproar-at-espn-161546834.html\">highlighted<\/a> by Yahoo, Nichols made the comments during a private conversation with longtime LeBron James advisor Adam Mendelsohn. The conversation was apparently accidentally recorded when Nichols forgot to turn off her video camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish Maria Taylor all the success in the world \u2014 she covers football, she covers basketball,\u201d Nichols said during the call, which took place last July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you need to give her more things to do because you are feeling pressure about your crappy longtime record on diversity \u2014 which, by the way, I know personally from the female side of it \u2014 like, go for it,\u201d she said. \u201cJust find it somewhere else. You are not going to find it from me or taking my thing away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conversation was&nbsp;recorded and stored on one of ESPN\u2019s servers, Yahoo noted: \u201cOne employee recorded it with their cell phone and sent it to others within the company, who then sent it to more employees. The call was eventually leaked to Deadspin and the Times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In reaction to the leak, Nichols emphasized that she was speaking privately and venting her frustration, not attacking Taylor. The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/rachel-nichols-leaked-diversity-comments-about-maria-taylor-causes-uproar-at-espn-161546834.html\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-pull-quote-wrapper caas-img caas-loaded\" data-src readability=\"10.5\">\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p><em>In response to questions from The Times, Nichols said she was frustrated and was \u201cunloading to a friend about ESPN\u2019s process, not about Maria.\u201d But she added: \u201cMy own intentions in that conversation, and the opinion of those in charge at ESPN, are not the sum of what matters here \u2014 if Maria felt the conversation was upsetting, then it was, and I was the cause of that for her.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caas-pull-quote-wrapper caas-img caas-loaded\" data-src readability=\"10\">\n<p>The host also reached out to Taylor personally to apologize:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p><em>Nichols said she reached out to Taylor to apologize through texts and phone calls. \u201cMaria has chosen not to respond to these offers, which is completely fair and a decision I respect,\u201d Nichols said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-sage-steele-iced-out-of-race-special-after-espn-colleagues-complain-not-black-enough-heres-her-response\">report<\/a> from The Wall Street Journal published last year revealed that&nbsp;ESPN anchor Sage Steele was allegedly iced out of a special for the network regarding race after two colleagues of Steele\u2019s, who are black, complained that the biracial anchor would not be accepted by the black community; or, as Steele herself described it, she was deemed not \u201cblack enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Steele said colleagues told her she was considered for the special by the executive in charge, Michael Fountain, until two of the other on-air personalities involved, Elle Duncan and Michael Eaves, complained, saying Ms. Steele wouldn\u2019t be accepted by what they considered the Black community, according to the person familiar with her account to management,\u201d the Journal reported.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the paper, Steele seemed to confirm the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found it sad for all of us that any human being should be allowed to define someone\u2019s \u2018Blackness,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cGrowing up biracial in America with a Black father and a white mother, I have felt the inequities that many, if not all Black and biracial people have felt \u2014 being called a monkey, the \u2018n\u2019 word, having ape sounds made as I walked by \u2014 words and actions that all of us know sting forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost importantly, trying to define who is and isn\u2019t Black enough goes against everything we are fighting for in this country, and only creates more of a divide,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>LISTEN:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.512048192771\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rachel Nichols: \u201cIf you need to give her more things to do because you are feeling pressure about your crappy longtime record on diversity \u2014 which, by the way, I know personally from the female side of it \u2014 like, go for it. Just find it somewhere else.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aB5MifujuX\">pic.twitter.com\/aB5MifujuX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phil_Lewis_\/status\/1411679837505347584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-sage-steele-iced-out-of-race-special-after-espn-colleagues-complain-not-black-enough-heres-her-response\">REPORT: Sage Steele Iced Out Of Race Special After ESPN Colleagues Complain Not \u2018Black Enough.\u2019 Here\u2019s Her&nbsp;Response.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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