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This view denies the reality of the situation at hand. They had an extremely popular candidate of color, famous for their love of knowledge and beloved by Americans, who very much fit the role and culture of the show -- and they chose some generic, unlikable, unknown white guy instead. Abdul-Jabbar has a good point.

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Interestingly, Abdul-Jabbar doesn't even mention LeVar Burton in the article. He knows that we know.

Abdul-Jabbar may very well ve referred to Mayim Bialik. Should we just assume he meant Burton because they are both black?

Mayim Bialik was already hired. Long-term, she will be hosting special episodes (in addition to her current guest hosting role)

I think we should assume he was talking about LeVar Burton because he's famous for his love of knowledge and beloved by Americans, and very much fits the role and culture of the show. Have you ever seen Reading Rainbow? (Or even TNG?) Everyone's been talking about how apropos that'd be, try googling "LeVar Burton Jeopardy".

If I didn't know better, I'd think you were trying to make this about race.

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