What do you guys think of the comments Bryant Gumbel made at Howard's Commencement?
Okay Sorors
Let's get this one going here. What's up with Bryant Gumbel (see his comments below). Are we as shallow as Bryant Gumbel appears to imply? What?
I personally am not seeking the so-called "ebony lifestyle" that he speaks about. I'm studying and working hard to support a lifestyle that I can be comfortable and happy with. (Of course that includes having a nice car and also wearing relatively nice clothes.)
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In today's (6/12/01) Chicago Sun-Times
"Much of the Negro community is buried under a blanket of history and circumstance," but nothing will change if "all you're going to seek is a superficial Ebony magazine view of life -- one that accentuates only your cars and your clothes." -- Bryant Gumbel, co-host of CBS' "The Early Show," to graduates of Howard University.
"We're glad that you found time to visit Black America, but we regret that you were not better informed. . . . We don't visit Black America, we live here." -- Linda Johnson Rice, president and COO of the company that publishes Ebony, in an angry letter to Gumbel that she later made
public.
"Ms. Rice's foolish letter has about as much merit as her stated desire to 'not bicker publicly.' Instead of complaining about the truth, maybe Ms. Rice should be more worried about the fact that everyone totally understood the reference I made and applauded it loudly." -- Gumbel, in a statement, according to the New York Times.
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