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Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on August 13, 2008, 03:20:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 13, 2008, 03:15:02 pm ---
That site probably isn't correct, then... Cole wasn't the first black person to host a show.  He was the first famous black person to host a show.  There was another musician who had one a few years earlier whose name escapes me now, I think it was actually a woman too.

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Possibly.  Heres the site: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmfirsts.html

Could you be thinking of the Hattie McDaniel who won an academy award for best supporting actress in 1940?

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Ha...that's google for you. Same site I was quoting. ;D

shardian:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on August 13, 2008, 04:17:27 pm ---Black people make up 12-15% of the US population but are consistently 25-30% of the actors in television and movies.  They've been over-represented for decades.

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You're gonna have to provide some sources for that statistic. That is simply too much to swallow. 25-30%? No way. There is a reason we have the phrase "Token black guy".

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shardian on August 13, 2008, 04:27:55 pm ---You're gonna have to provide some sources for that statistic. That is simply too much to swallow. 25-30%? No way. There is a reason we have the phrase "Token black guy".

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In the last 24 hours he has also called L Ron Hubbard a brilliant man and questioned the reliability of Hondas. 

shardian:
Ahh yes, he has. And you were doing so good Jim! Better get your Doc to check your med levels again.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shardian on August 13, 2008, 04:42:45 pm ---Ahh yes, he has. And you were doing so good Jim! Better get your Doc to check your med levels again.

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Dammit dammit dammit.  I wanted to find a WAV of the AAHHH YESSSSSS sound from Fathom but can't find it anywhere.  That's exactly how I heard your post in my head.

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