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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Mon Feb 10, 2014, 09:16 PM Feb 2014

"We may all be black and famous, but we ALL DON'T LOOK ALIKE!"

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"We may all be black and famous, but we ALL DON'T LOOK ALIKE!" (Original Post) Miles Archer Feb 2014 OP

I'm not so sure........ whistler162 Feb 2014 #1

There used to be an unwritten law in US sportscasting called the "Two Negroes Rule," malthaussen Feb 2014 #2

whistler162

(11,155 posts)

1. I'm not so sure........

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 09:27 PM

Feb 2014

these two really look alike.

http://www.listal.com/viewimage/938942

malthaussen

(17,216 posts)

2. There used to be an unwritten law in US sportscasting called the "Two Negroes Rule,"

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 09:34 PM

Feb 2014

... and you can just about tell from the title when it became current. The idea was that one must NEVER say two black people look alike, unless the resemblance is so obvious that you look like a fool if you don't mention it.

-- Mal

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