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LOL! Mark Anthony Neal has the money quote: “There is suddenly a demand for smart Negroes.”
While it’s nice to see multiethnic people discussing the presidential election on all the news channels, I don’t think they will be in such abundance after November unless Obama wins. Obama will be HAWKED so heavily as president, the networks will see a financial reason to keep these pundits around.
It’s funny that having multiethnic commentators is seen by the news directors as necessary this election cycle because in regular news the wants and views of minorities is virtually ignored. Just look at the number of missing minorities featured prominently on the 24-hour cable channels.
There are none. Sigh…
/sigh
Michelle Malkin as the lone Asian American representative?
Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » More Diverse Pundits Although the White Guys Still Run the Shows on 12 Sep 2008 at 6:37 pm
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