Biden's Press Secretary Refuses to Take Questions From Africa Correspondent Simon Ateba Because He's Not from Chigray
Posted: 25 Mar 2023, 23:13
Simon Ateba, a Cameroonian correspondent for Washington DC-based Today News Africa, said he had been waiting for SEVEN months to ask a question in the room. He told the White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday: "You're making a mockery of the First Amendment. It's been seven months and you have not called on me. You've been discriminating against me and discrimination against some people in the briefing."
"I'm black, I'm African, I don't have money, stop looking down down on me, as you do to your Weyane slaves," he said.
Ateba said he was silenced, but CNN's white-skinned White House correspondent was supported by his colleagues when he challenged Donald Trump's press secretaries.
'It's a shame what happened to me today. It's a total disgrace,' said Ateba.
'It's happening in the Biden White House.
"I'm black, I'm African, I don't have money, stop looking down down on me, as you do to your Weyane slaves," he said.
Ateba said he was silenced, but CNN's white-skinned White House correspondent was supported by his colleagues when he challenged Donald Trump's press secretaries.
'It's a shame what happened to me today. It's a total disgrace,' said Ateba.
'It's happening in the Biden White House.
