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Originally Posted by afrocentric
why am i finding this hard to shallow when i know that he has a black right arm person sitting next to him?
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Well Howard is a smart man . . . he has stated that he is more than willing to deal with or tolerate anyone on his team as long as they make him successful. He actually mentioned this fact in this weeks broadcast. Robin used to have a lot of emotional problems, and he knew that she was needed for the show to succeed so he dealt with it (albeit he confronted her about her attitude 3 years later) he still dealt with it.
Howard is worth hundreds of millions of dollars . . . he knows how to find talent . . . it's what has made his show so successful.
Now speaking of the "black right arm person," she is considerably neutral when you compare her to an inner city black female. She grew up in an all white school, is very educated and has a somewhat well rounded view of the world. She doesn't rock the boat . . . and more often than not can be heard laughing when racist remarks are being spewed or bigotry is being expressed.
She also knows that he is the boss and she has on occasion kept her head down and her eyes closed during the moments when some Blacks would speak up and express their outrage. In a since she was raised on the farm too and knows the rules. Again I hear the show everyday so it's hard to justify her as the end all to this argument.
Robin has also expressed many times that she has no black friends except for her family which further separates her, she may in fact identify with their humor. However I can't say that she doesn't speak up ever. I have heard her time from time complaining that Howard won't vote for Obama because he's Black. Which a lot of white middle class people fall into this realm. She expressed and I agree that his policies are 99% identical to Hilaries (Howard stated many times that he was going to vote for her), but for some reason Howard has an issue with Obama. Is race the underlying issue . . . maybe.
I think the show is in many ways is a conduit to America's social evolution . . . many Whites fall into the realm of Howard and can identify with his ideologies. Whether if their beliefs are subconscious or readily apparent . . . the show does a great job of bringing them to light.