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First Awkward Racial Slip of the Day Goes to: Brian Williams

  • 1/20/09 at 11:12 AM

Okay, Brian Williams, we know there are a lot more black people than usual up on the dais for Obama's inauguration, but ... when you see Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama's brother, and you misidentify him as Reggie Love, you have to pay attention to the producers who are frantically trying to tell you about the mistake. Otherwise, you'll end up going on and on about Reggie's relationship with Obama for a minute or so while the cameras are on a different black dude.

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