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Australian aboriginal actors denounce racism on TV series set 2 minutes read Sydney, Australia, Apr 7 (efe-epa).- Two aboriginal actors have said they experienced racism while shooting for a popular Australian television series, sparking controversy in the Oceanian country. Shareena Clanton alleges that while working this year on the popular TV soap “Neighbors,” she heard executives and colleagues use racial slurs or jokes against women and people of color. “The retaliation for calling out this misconduct and racism often left me ostracized and further marginalized,” Clanton wrote o...

April 8th, 2021 By David KnoxComments offFiled under: News, Fremantle has announced an independent review of Neighbours following statements made by Indigenous actors Shareena Clanton and Meyne Wyatt. Chris Oliver-Taylor, CEO Fremantle Asia Pacific, said: “Fremantle is committed to providing an environment where employees and others in the workplace are treated fairly and with respect, and are free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and bullying. “We do not tolerate behaviour that does not align to our Anti-Discrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Harassm...

efe-epaSydney, Australia 7 Apr 2021 Australian actor Shareena Clanton arrives for the 59th Annual TV Week Logie Awards gala at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, 23 April 2017. EPA-EFE FILE/JOE CASTRO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT Australian actor Meyne Wyatt poses for a photo with his Packing Room Prize-winning self-portrait, entitled Meyne, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, 17 September 2020. EPA-EFE FILE/JOEL CARRETT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT Australian actor Shareena Clanton arrives for the 59th Annual TV Week Logie Awards gala at t...

Neighbours faces racism allegations from actors Updated / Wednesday, 7 Apr 2021 07:36 A spokesperson for Neighbours said it "strives to be a platform for diversity and inclusion on-screen and off-screen. Our quest is always to continue to grow and develop in this area and we acknowledge that this is an evolving process" Two Aboriginal-Australian actors have alleged they witnessed racism on the set of popular soap Neighbours. Shareena Clanton wrote on Instagram she experienced "multiple racist traumas" on the "highly problematic show". Meyne Wyatt tweeted and alleged that he too had witnesse...

A Channel 5 spokesperson said: "Channel 5 condemns racism and takes all allegations of discrimination seriously. "We work closely alongside all of our production partners to foster inclusive working environments and will work with Fremantle to ensure Neighbours continues to adopt a fully inclusive and diverse working environment for all cast and crew." Writing in her Instagram post earlier this week, Clanton vowed that she will "never work" on the soap again, and added that it was "lonely and triggering to work in such a culturally unsafe space". Instagram She also said she was "ostracised ...