On his Shiny Herd substack, Ted Balaker writes about the case of a “black woman blacklisted by white people.”
That woman, Karith Foster, is a comedian and also a “diversity trainer” whose approach is the exact opposite of what such a trainer is expected to do by today’s promoters of diversity.
Balaker writes about Foster’s performance at a comedy show in L.A. that he helped produce: “She’d riff on her childhood as a black girl in a very white neighborhood, and whether they were comedy snobs or tourists, she’d make audience members feel closer to her and each other. She’d make them laugh and make them think.” In 2016, Balaker and his wife made a documentary, Can We Take a Joke?, that features Foster alongside other well-known comedians.
In an interview with Foster, Balaker asked her about her experience when a college professor invited her to speak at his school after seeing the documentary. Expecting to set up the date, she said she “reached out to him a couple months later, and he was, like, ‘I hate to say this to you, Karith, but you’re unofficially blacklisted. You’re on a list.’” Evidently the higher-ups “at the college didn’t like the way I speak about [race] and didn’t like my appearances on Fox News. My messaging was not in line with how they wanted to approach things. That’s why I’m not welcome.”
Leftists always chatter about their commitment to diversity, but they don’t want to hear from a black woman who doesn’t see things exactly as they do.