Combs accused Comcast of maintaining “the illusion of economic inclusion” in its handling of a carriage agreement with Combs’ Revolt TV channel. Combs was critical of Comcast for failing to distribute the hip-hip music and lifestyle channel broadly across all of its cable systems. The statement came in response to the Supreme Court hearing held Nov. 13 on matters related to Allen’s 2015 racial discrimination lawsuit against Comcast.
Comcast has vehemently denied that racial bias played any part in its decision to not carry Allen’s seven lifestyle channels. In response to Combs, David Cohen, Comcast’s senior executive VP and chief diversity officer, said in a statement that Comcast has “an unmatched record” supporting independent programmers.
“To be clear, anything that makes it harder to fight against discrimination is wrong. Comcast is choosing to be on the wrong side of history,” Combs said. First, it’s important that people really understand what’s at stake. In its efforts to get the lawsuit filed by dismissed, Comcast has taken a legal approach that could weaken fundamental civil rights protections. I have a problem with this. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 section 1981 was designed to ensure Black people are able to do business in this country and not be denied because of race.
Supporting diversity and economic inclusion requires a real partnership. The only way Black owned networks grow and thrive is with meaningful and consistent economic support. Otherwise they are set up to fail. REVOLT has never been in a position to truly compete on a fair playing field because it has not received the economic and distribution support necessary for real economic inclusion. Our relationship with Comcast is the illusion of economic inclusion.
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