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Don't tease a fat white woman, however black woman with natural hair is fair game

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Remember Wisconsin news anchor Jennifer Livingston? She had every right to stand up for herself and tell her "bully" to leave her alone. After all, when someone has the microphone, you shouldn't call them names. Everyone -- for the most part-- was on Livingston's side. Cheered her courage. Watched her on the morning talk shows, read about her on the Huffington Post. And if you live in Wisconsin, you're still watching her on TV as well. Now, let's look at this situation with Rhonda Lee in Louisiana. Lee has a short afro and someone made racially offensive comments about it on Facebook. Lee responded. Lee got fired. Here's what the Huffington Post says: Lee was terminated from her position at KTBS 3 News, an ABC affiliate in Shreveport, La., after responding to racially charged remarks about her short natural hairstyle. The exchange between Lee and a KTBS viewer happened back in October on KTBS 3 News’ Facebook page, where a viewer, Emmitt ...