Former CNN host, Soledad O’Brien, said that when she was on CNN, an unnamed executive producer at the network told her that she could only have the “right type” of Black on her show.
She was told that Charles Blow was the right kind and Roland Martin was the wrong kind.
Soledad O’Brien
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This is an interesting read. Reminds me of the cnn exec who told me: “Roland Martin isn’t the ‘right kind of’ Black person.” She didn’t want me to book him on my show. L https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1271827632431087617 …
Yashar Ali
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Charles Blow, she told me, (also a frequent guest) was ‘the right kind of Black’.