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Last year, Friends was revived with an all-black cast for a Get Out the Vote Zoom series. The cast included actors Ryan Michelle Bathe, Sterling K. Brown, Uzo Aduba, Aisha Hinds, Jeremy Pope, and Kendrick Sampson. 

I guess those acors who hapen to have non-white skin don;t mind being USED as a prop or tool.. All that seems to matter is skin color for everything..

What is the ercentage of dark skin colored folks in the U.S.? Roughly 13 percent total ?

SO how come there is a huge drive on to have much higher percentages than this on commercials on t.v. and lots of t.v. channels ?? One would get the impression that darker skin toned peoples make up half or more of the population in the U.S.


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‘Friends: The Reunion’ Under Fire for Lack of Black Celebrity Guests
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Mon, 17 May 21 4:29 PM
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May 16, 2021

‘Friends: The Reunion’ Under Fire for Lack of Black Celebrity Guests

by Alana Mastrangelo
Breitbart.com



Showrunners for Friends: The Reunion are facing backlash for failing to include any black celebrity guest stars in the HBO Max special, airing May 27.

In addition to the series main cast members, Friends: The Reunion will also feature guest appearances by Lady Gaga, David Beckham, Justin Bieber, Cindy Crawford, Tom Selleck, Reese Witherspoon, and more, according to a report by Entertainment Weekly.

Other celebrity guests include the Korean boy band BTS, James Corden, Cara Delevingne, Elliott Gould, Kit Harington, Larry Hankin, Mindy Kaling, Thomas Lennon, Christina Pickles, James Michael Tyler, Maggie Wheeler, and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai — none of whom are black.

The special’s producers are facing backlash from fans after failing to cast any black celebrity guest stars.


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Last year, Friends was revived with an all-black cast for a Get Out the Vote Zoom series. The cast included actors Ryan Michelle Bathe, Sterling K. Brown, Uzo Aduba, Aisha Hinds, Jeremy Pope, and Kendrick Sampson.

The show was featured on Zoom Where It Happens, a weekly live table read series aimed at getting out the vote ahead of the November 2020 presidential election.

http://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/05/16/friends-the-reunion-under-fire-for-lack-of-black-celebrity-guests/


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