The authors express dissatisfaction with allegations of discrimination by a

The authors express dissatisfaction with allegations of discrimination by a Seal Team employee

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A lawsuit filed by a SEAL Team script coordinator and freelancer who claims he was denied a writing job because he is a straight white man has already gained traction among other screenwriters.

“That means they weren't white, LGBTQ or female.” He also pointed out the “illegal politics” of diversity, equity and inclusion measures.

Beneker, who has worked on SEAL Team since 2017 and was previously a script coordinator on Sons of Anarchy, claimed in 2019 that he questioned current showrunner Spencer Hudnut about why previous showrunner John Glenn had hired a new male writer when Glenn did claimed that “there were already too many staff writers and there was no place for CBS to hire.” [Beneker].”

“Hudnut stated that it was because he was Black,” the complaint states.

While continuing his work as script coordinator, Beneker wrote three episodes of the David Boreanaz-led series in 2019. Another is reportedly set to air as the eighth episode of the show's upcoming seventh and final season. His lawsuit is supported by former Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller's nonprofit America First Legal Foundation.

Many writers called out Beneker's bluff, either citing UCLA's annual Hollywood Diversity Report or highlighting his past accomplishments.

“I worked with this guy in 2000 – I was a writer, he was a script coordinator and a really strange duck back then,” wrote Jorge A. Reyes (“Queen of the South”) on X. “He thinks he'll never get a staff job “author” in 24 years because he is white? …. To avoid facing this truth, he is now allying himself with Trump's information secretary in a bullshit crybaby lawsuit whose only real purpose is to crack down on still-underrepresented groups who still have a historically low number of available jobs hold here.”

“As a woman of color, I know that a lot of people see me and automatically think I’m not qualified for the job. until I can prove otherwise.” wrote Helen Shang (13 reasons why). “You are not the standard. We doubt you. So justify yourself. It is the boulder that I and others must continue to push.”

Adds the founder of The Black List Franklin Leonard, “There's a lot of really weird stuff here, but to seek a court order that makes you a full-time producer on the show that you scripted is truly incredible.”

Beneker is reportedly seeking $500,000 in lost wages and “an injunction requiring defendants to offer Plaintiff a full-time job as a producer.” Click here to read Beneker's discrimination lawsuit, filed last week in U.S. District Court in California became.

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