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Oprah quits !



There is one thing that bothers me ... well actually there are a lot of things but for this post let's try to focus on one.
No it's not that Oprah will not be doing her thing on our TV screens ( It is a concern though ... think of all the comedy routines that will never be written) or the uneasy feeling I get when thinking that politics might be her next thing! Again... a valid concern but the real thing that gets me is a strange phenomenon that occurs anytime a "black story " happens.
Anytime Oprah, Michael Jackson or any other black personality find their way into the daily news report ( News... that is funny) a fantastical thing happens, Black reporters that have not been seen since that last "Black Story" suddenly appear on on our screens but hey let's not make this a black thing... same thing happens with Koreans , Latino, Chinese , Japanese ... it's like there is some strange journalistic Green Room where "ethnic" reporters wait for airtime.
It's not like this is a new thing there used to be a guy on eyewitness news in New York and he got pulled out of the Green Room for all the "urban" stories nowadays it's a bit different now it's like some mysterious PC council comes together to judge a story too sensitive for just any reporter... Roe v. Wade bring out the woman, J-lo story bring out the Latino, whaling story ... bring out the whale reporter.
My question? ... is Oprah quitting her show really a "Black" story?
I mean I could see it as an entertainment story, or financial... hell, it even works as corporate news.
Does it become a "black" story simply because Oprah is black?
(and the same goes for Woman, Latino, Whale and all the rest)
And just who sits on that PC council ?



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