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7. Walter Mosley Believes in Freedom of Speech. Period.
Come Through with Rebecca Carroll
English - May 12, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBSociety & Culture Arts race racism rebecca carroll covid black african american culture equality Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Does Freedom of Speech have limits in the workplace? Walter Mosley was working as a writer on a TV show. One day, in the writers' room, he shared with his colleagues the story of his disturbing encounter with a police officer who used the n-word. That story -- more specifically that word -- landed Mosley in HR. He ended up quitting. “You could write it in a script if you want,” he tells Rebecca Carroll, “but you can't use the language. You can’t say it.”