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I don't buy it
There are plenty of unemployed black actresses who could take on a supporting/recurring role as Eugene's love interest. It would be a complicated/juicy role because Eugene is not an easy person to get on with let alone have him drop his guard around. Regina King was the first person I thought of and I can imagine the scenes as they work forward to something real (not meet and jump into bed in 45 minutes).
If Eriq LaSalle hadn't pushed the issue with the producers of ER(the depcition of a volatile relationship with the black mother of his child vs. the "loving' relationship with Dr. Corday) - Michael Michelle may never had been hired on ER...I'm still upset they are not on the show anymore (but it was their own choice to move on).
Until images of black loving relationships are shown in equal portions as white love I will continue to have issues with mixed relationships (as depicted on tv).
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