‘Friends’ Creator Atones for Sitcom’s
Lack of Diversity by Pledging $4 Million
to African-American Studies Department
Breitbart,
by
David Ng
Original Article
Posted By: Black Conservative Voice,
6/30/2022 9:27:26 AM
If you’re a Hollywood elite facing the wrath of the diversity mob, a cool $4 million judiciously dispersed can buy you a lot of redemption.
Friends creator Marta Kauffman has atoned for the sitcom’s lack of diversity by pledging $4 million to her alma mater, Brandeis University, to establish an endowed professorship in the school’s African and African American studies department.
The result: glowing mainstream media coverage and social media feedback.
In a mea culpa with the Los Angeles Times, Marta Kauffman prostrated herself before the diversity police, saying she is “embarrassed” by the lack of minority characters in Friends.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
qr4j 6/30/2022 9:39:42 AM (No. 1201659)
In my faith, Jesus Christ atoned for my sins. I guess Hollywoodians have to do it on their own with money.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
seamusm 6/30/2022 9:42:30 AM (No. 1201664)
One percent of her net worth - how generous.
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Maybe that's the reason the show was so successful for so long!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
ControlFreak 6/30/2022 9:50:23 AM (No. 1201679)
I didn’t have any black friends then, and I don’t have any now. How much will I have to pledge to atone for that?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
udanja99 6/30/2022 10:06:49 AM (No. 1201705)
This is me rolling my eyes.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 6/30/2022 11:06:37 AM (No. 1201783)
He committed no sin. What a load of leftist manure, and guilt for things that should not be any cause of guilt.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Ragman73 6/30/2022 11:06:42 AM (No. 1201784)
"Lack of diversity"? Ms Kauffman has not been paying attention to the commercial advertisers on TV. Finding a straight, white, male is like playing "Where's Waldo?" Her money would have been better spent studying the lack of diversity in the thugs and criminals that are daily destroying America's urban areas. The Upper East side of NYC, Buckhead in GA, high end enclaves in California. Plenty of geographical diversity, but the same "usual suspects". Worrying about a 20 year old show ? Are you kidding?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
lakerman1 6/30/2022 11:35:52 AM (No. 1201847)
Let me explain what an endowed professorship is. It first comes with tenure, plus the rank and pay of full professor. And the person hired is guaranteed to be black. With lots of travel money and speaker money to hire black friends.
This old white guy - the iconic lakerman - began teaching as an assistant professor. In order to be promoted and earn pay increases, I had to work towards tenure, and after 5 years, got it, as an associate professor.
The road to full professor was more arduous. I had to submit 3 years of student evaluations, along with faculty observations of my teaching, evidence of research, and evidence of community service, inside and outside of the university.
The black professor hired at Brandeis will have to have none of those things. He or she or it will not even have to have a Master's degree or a Ph.D. I had to have a Ph.D. to be hired.
Am I complaining? No. Just pointing out the facts.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mizzmac 6/30/2022 12:18:44 PM (No. 1201914)
What's the magic about $4 million? How did she determine that to be the size of her transgression? Not even $1 mil for each white friend? She must be a racist.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
AltaD 6/30/2022 1:25:55 PM (No. 1201982)
One of my childhood favorites was 'Sanford & Son'. I never noticed a lack of "diversity", didn't care there were no characters who "look like me". I watched 'Sanford & Son' because of Fred, I thought he was great as were his friends, Lamont and of course, Aunt Esther. Entertainment, as with everything else, should be color blind but I believe that view is now considered racist.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
paral04 6/30/2022 1:48:44 PM (No. 1202003)
How many token whites do you see on BET shows? This whole thing has gotten out of hand.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 6/30/2022 2:03:11 PM (No. 1202014)
Why not give money to black families who are struggling? Paying for a diversity czar at an elite college does nothing for the black community.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
mifla 7/1/2022 4:28:40 AM (No. 1202708)
Thank you. As a reward, we will kill you last.
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I guess the creators of What’s Happening Now and The Cosby Show will donate money? Give me a break. This is completely laughable. These shows are all 20+ years old. If you don’t like the show or the cast, turn the freakin channel.