WATCH: News Anchor Sharon Reed Responds To Racist Viewer On Live TV

On Tuesday, CBS 46 news anchor Sharon Reed, paused her newscast to respond to a racist email sent by a viewer, which demanded she be fired by the network.

At the time, Reed and her co-anchors were discussing the importance of race in Georgia’s mayoral election, where both white and African-American candidates were taking part this year. Reed requested her colleagues to briefly digress from their topic of discussion to present her view on a racist email sent by a viewer named Kathy Rae.

Reed chose to first display the content of the email on the big screen before she had a chance to react to it. In the email, Rae called Reed a "racist" and a "n-----" who thought it was alright for people of color to discuss certain topics but becomes offensive when white journalists do the same.

"You [are] what's wrong with the world," she goes on to say and tells Reed she should be fired for "race-baiting."

After showing Rae’s email, Reed goes on to list everything that was wrong with the email. "I didn't say that white people couldn't talk about race," Reed said. "Quite the contrary, we think that race is an authentic discussion to have. It's one we're having tonight because it's one that you are talking about at home and it's one that has clearly entered the Atlanta mayor's race."

Reed further added why she decided to take the high road, instead of getting into a full-blown argument with her accuser. "When arguing with somebody you have to be careful not to mischaracterize their viewpoint, so I won't mischaracterize your view either, Kathy Rae. I get it. On 5 December, 2017, you think it's OK to call this journalist a 'n-----.' I don't. But I could clap back and say a few things to you. But instead I'll let your words, Kathy Rae, speak for themselves. And that will be the last word."