As she was preparing to broadcast, a bystander made sexist and racist remarks about her, and a New York TV reporter made a speech.
On Friday, Spectrum News reporter Brianna Hamblin and her photographer Scott Barstow were preparing for the live broadcast. A man walked by Hambling and said that he did not want to appear in front of the camera, and at the same time told Hambling, “You look good.” Hambling said to the gentleman, “Thank you.”
Another man walked over and told Humblin that she was “deadly beautiful”, and Humblin replied “thank you” again. Then he cursed Hambling and Barstow, saying: “I’d better not be in front of the fucking camera”, and asked why they are in this area. Hambling replied, let him watch Spectrum News to find out.
The man continued his racist tirade: “Look, that’s why I can’t be alone with a black woman or mixed-race chick. Because I can’t stand these fucking white girls.” After Hambling interrupted the man, he said. She is “sexy fuck”.
Hambling Post the video to her Twitter page In one thread, she explained how she felt about the whole situation.
Hambling wrote: “As a woman, especially as a female reporter in the field, she is often attacked and harassed. You will learn how to deal with or ignore it.” “This time it happened just a few seconds before I hit it. The clock is recorded. There are many problems.”
“The boldness of what men say to me always surprises me. What makes you think women want to be talked like that? It’s never flattering. It’s very uncomfortable. It’s disgusting,” Hambling continued. road. “Black women in this industry have their own headaches, but it’s absolutely impossible to belittle one group of women to’praise’ another group of women. This just shows that you have an obnoxious fetish based on stereotypes. This is also racism.”
Hambling thanked Barstow for being there during the ordeal, thus closing the topic.
Several Twitter Users, mainly women, commented and praised Hambling for handling the man’s derogatory comments.
A Twitter user said: “Madam, you handled it very well. Sorry, this is the beginning of your day.”
Another person tweeted: “This is disgusting. Why do men feel qualified to talk about us this way. You handle it with the utmost grace and professionalism, but you shouldn’t handle this. No one should. Uh.”
Weekly newspaper Contacted Brianna Hamblin for comments, but did not receive a response before the publication time.
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