Gen Fricker accuses Triple J of letting racism slide: ‘Stop trading off as a progressive brand because it’s not real’

In a series of Instagram posts, former Triple J host Gen Fricker has accused the ABC’s youth brand of letting racism slide in its workplace and failing to champion the voices of people of colour.

“If you work at Triple J and you’re white, you’re part of the problem. And I don’t mean this – I mean, people can write this off as angry former worker, I don’t care, I have nothing to lose. And I’m also saying this because having chatted to people of colour who work at Triple J, with Triple J, want to be on Triple J, these are the discussions we are having. So here it is,” Fricker, who has previously spoken out about a lack of support from the employer over an incident with a stalker, said in the post.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBCt03bAfTm/

“The difference between being not racist and anti-racist is calling out that shit. And I say it all the time. But I don’t think you realise how lonely it was to be one of two brown people in those rooms, having to explain why maybe a white woman singing a language with no black people was a bit fucking problematic. Or having to ask white co-workers to stop doing African-American accents in the office, blaccent.

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