re: If black folks are 12% of the population...

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Don’t forget local channel news anchors and reporters. They are at least 50% of those positions.

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OK, as a broadcasting guy from the late 60s I can tell you that ZERO fat women were behind the desk in TV news. When black women came into hiring in the 80s they were rare and normal weight.
Then Oprah changed everything. Fat women could be on TV and today LOTS of black news and weather casters on local TV are fat black women.
However, there are still very few white fat females on TV.
Program directors admitted to me back then 'We don't hire fat women and we tell those who audition to lose 20 pounds and come back.'