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BMI Accused of Multiple Instances of ‘Casual Racism’ by Employees, Musicians

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSenior executives at BMI, one of the two major U.S. performing rights organizations, have been accused of “casual racism” and a “toxic” work environment by more than 15 current and former employees and musicians in an extensive report published by Rolling Stone.At the center of the accusations is a Facebook post from last March by former VP of creative relations Doreen Ringer-Ross, who posted a picture of a crowded swimming pool in China on Facebook. “Couldn’t deal with it then,” Ringer-Ross wrote in the caption. “Now just makes me scream and recoil.”Gingger Shankar, a composer who had worked with Ringer-Ross responded, “There is so much violence happening against Asian Americans right now.

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