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Two white Arkansas news anchors are suspended and boss is fired after they wore afro wigs on air to celebrate temperatures dropping into the 70s
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 10/04/2021 11:24:23 AM PDT by algore

Little Rock, Arkansas news station KATV suspended anchor Chris May and meteorologist Barry Brandt for wearing Afro-style wigs in mid-September

The station also fired longtime news director Nick Genty

The wigs were part of a 'return to the 70s' segment in which on-air talent was supposed to sport looks popular in the 1970s as temperatures dropped

It was heavily criticized by a local activist who said that a white person wearing an Afro wig is a perpetuation of 'systemic racism

In a statement, officials for KATV said they condemned the stunt

Sinclair Broadcast Group Vice President John Seabers also met with members of the National Association of Black Journalists in the aftermath to apologize

He said the company is now working to hire more staff members of color

'We apologize to all viewers who were rightfully offended by the segment, and we promise to enact and enforce new measures to prevent future incidents from occurring,' he said in a statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: afro; arkansas; cancelculture; hair; media; nabj; nosenseofhumor; sinclair
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To: algore

A one hundred percent Irish member of my family had that exact fro except a hell of a lot bigger back in the 70s


81 posted on 10/04/2021 1:19:31 PM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Magnum44

Michael Jackson.

Only in America can a young poor black boy grow up to be an old rich white woman.


82 posted on 10/04/2021 1:31:56 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
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To: Pollard

What happened to “black is beautiful”?


83 posted on 10/04/2021 1:35:29 PM PDT by Exit148
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To: Blennos

Thank u

That was I think 2013 maybe

We were in St Augustine visiting fellow freeper and friend Travis mcgee (Matt bracken resident frogman and author) and his dear family and were lunching at the marina

Looks like a Hinckley maybe

I once owned freighters and various vessels

Again tks


84 posted on 10/04/2021 1:36:46 PM PDT by wardaddy (Fear Republic land of grumps and scolds peppered with good folks .....empathy always in short suppl)
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To: algore

That sounds funny. It’s too bad no one has a sense of humor anymore.


85 posted on 10/04/2021 1:47:12 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: algore

Well this is new. Black people didn’t have “fros?” White people like Greg Brady didn’t have “fros?” I guess Angela Davis was a racist. She even wore black face...


86 posted on 10/04/2021 2:12:11 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“It was heavily criticized by a local activist”

ACTIVIST!!! AS IN SINGULAR!!! I would have told that activist to pound sand.


87 posted on 10/04/2021 2:12:55 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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88 posted on 10/04/2021 2:39:59 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: Chode

Warren Wilhelm Jr.


89 posted on 10/04/2021 2:44:48 PM PDT by TankerKC (Be first with the truth. )
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To: TankerKC

bingo...


90 posted on 10/04/2021 3:06:48 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: algore

Unbelievable!

People are so thin skinned and humorless. Woke companies are nuts, too, because they will fall all over themselves if only one person complains.


91 posted on 10/04/2021 3:23:14 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I believe the best social program is a job” ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: nevermorelenore
Fro or Friz See the source image
92 posted on 10/04/2021 3:46:52 PM PDT by guest7
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To: algore

How sad.


93 posted on 10/04/2021 3:48:03 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Victoria Principal for Earthquake rocked, no pun, a fro in 1974. Here she is on Carson:

https://youtu.be/2oeNX2YJd2c


94 posted on 10/04/2021 5:09:50 PM PDT by beaversmom
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95 posted on 10/04/2021 5:28:40 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: algore
Those crazy 1970s when all the white guys went around with afros.


96 posted on 10/04/2021 5:37:10 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 105 days away from outliving George Harrison)
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To: algore

97 posted on 10/04/2021 5:42:56 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 105 days away from outliving George Harrison)
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To: SamAdams76; All

I remember people referring to it as “big hair”

and yes there were some black dudes sporting afro’s in tv and movies, even in real life but there were just as many other men and women sporting their big hair.

There were so many beautiful women with big hair.

(I can prove this with period print magazines that cannot be edited as easily as the web. )

In fact none of women shaved half their hair off.


98 posted on 10/04/2021 5:45:42 PM PDT by algore ( )
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To: algore

Bob Ross is rolling in his grave.


99 posted on 10/04/2021 10:01:18 PM PDT by Pocketdoor
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To: Pollard

Neil Schon

100 posted on 10/04/2021 10:07:06 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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