Hmmmmm ...
I have to "beg to differ" on the concept of "Bryant Gumbel as a shine." While I hve been a "Bryant-watcher" for quite a while, someone on another forum covered this quite well ...
SoTrue1920 wrote:
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Does it change your mind to know that Bryant Gumbel's yearly celebrity golf tournament is a fund-raiser for the United Negro College Fund, and to date has raised more than seven million dollars?
The Bryant Gumbel people see on CBS every morning is a completely different animal than the Bryant Gumbel people see in interviews. I'm no big fan of the man after how he treated his now ex-wife, but I have a lot of respect for him. If possible, try to get a copy of the Chris Rock Show episode with Bryant, or do a search in your local library on profile pieces he's done with magazines over the last couple of years. He has been a very, very outspoken critic of race and racism in the media, especially in light of how long it took him to convince the Today Show to do a series from Africa.
Here's a piece written by Jill Nelson (author of "Volunteer Slavery) about Gumbel and some of his feelings on race: http://www.usaweekend.com/97_issues/...nt_gumbel.html
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Personally, I think we need to avoid getting hoodwinked into a "Blacker-than-thou" debate about Bryant. Regarding the Ebony magazine issue, IMHO, the man spoke the truth. The fact that some folks don't like him doesn't make his statements any less true.
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