![]() ![]() With nearly 20 years in the business, Lee says that her hair has always been an issue. “Maybe this will be my year, but it was a little shocking not to get anything from anybody,” she said. ![]() But she still misses being on television. She is engaged to a lawyer in Shreveport and gave birth to a health baby boy, Lewis he is 5-months-old now. While her meteorology career has stalled, Lee’s personal life has blossomed. After a week of networking at the largest stage for Black journalists, Lee still got no leads. You’re not working yet?,'” Lee remembers people saying. Lee went to the annual NABJ conference (the National Association for Black Journalists) in Orlando Fla., last summer and caught up with some friends and colleagues who were sympathetic to her situation. Why should she have to wear a weave to deliver the weather? “I don’t know why they care,” Lee said of people offering advice on how she should deal with her job hunt. “They took me to lunch and told me, ‘You’re going to have to grow your hair out.'” “Co-workers have had an intervention of sorts with me when I first started trying to get weather jobs,” Lee said. She has not held a TV job since and told NewsOne in an exclusive interview that her hair is still an issue–even with those who want to see her employed again. She says she has filed an EEOC complaint against the station and is in mediation to resolve her dismissal. Lee, however, says she was never made aware of such a policy and feels the station became uncomfortable with viewer complaints over her hair and her reply to the “Three Minute Smile” post. As NewsOne previously reported, the station’s official response was that she was fired for violating its social media policy. Lee says her replies got her fired, ending her 14-month stint at the station. Apparently, Moreland wasn’t pleased that all of the winners were Black children. The following month, Facebook commenter Kenny Moreland criticized KTBS 3 News’ annual “Three Minute Smile” segment, which awards children a 3-minute shopping spree at a local Walmart. ![]()
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