REPORT: Sage Steele Iced Out Of Race Special After ESPN Colleagues Complain Not ‘Black Enough.’ Here’s Her Response.

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, ESPN anchor Sage Steele was iced out of a special for the network regarding race after two colleagues of Steele’s, who are black, complained that the biracial anchor would not be accepted by the black community; or, as Steele herself described it, she was deemed not “black enough.”

“Ms. Steele said colleagues told her she was considered for the special by the executive in charge, Michael Fountain, until two of the other on-air personalities involved, Elle Duncan and Michael Eaves, complained, saying Ms. Steele wouldn’t be accepted by what they considered the Black community, according to the person familiar with her account to management,” the Journal reported Tuesday.