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Originally Posted by puckedoff
^ Its radio how would you even know if they are black or not.
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It's not about being able to tell if someone is black, dude. It's more like 'black people are awesome and make everything better'.
Beyond that, presumably a non-white host would have a worldview shaped by different experiences.
Are we going to pretend Joe Sports, Rick Lafitte, Kevin Usselman, Mike Richards, Dave Rowe, Rob Kerr, Pat Steinberg, Andrew Walker, Bryn Griffiths, Ryan Pinder, Ryan Leslie, Peter Klein, Will Nault, Boomer, Loubardias, Wills or Kirsch are not all variously effective versions of the same guy? Do they come from vastly different backgrounds, or did they have the same experiences in different places?
I've been listening to this station for 16 years, and I can say for sure it's the second one. I'm sure there's an argument to be made that "only nerdy middle class white kids dream of going into Canadian sports radio".
I used to work at a car dealership that had no female sales associates for three and a half years. They would always give BS answers about how the clients prefer to talk to men. Never mind that almost half of the primary signatories on our deals were women. Finally they said "we should hire a woman". Lo and behold, not one week later there is a lady behind a desk selling cars. And she was terrific.
My point is, they should make the effort.