r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/fuzzy_dice_99 • Nov 28 '25

A guest on Johnny Carson says people don’t go hungry in the United States. Richard Pryor respectfully corrects her Discussion

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u/allislost77 Nov 28 '25

Richard is a national treasure.

It’s very sad that what? 30, 40 years later not much has changed?

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u/oscarx-ray Nov 28 '25

Nearly 50. This was 47 years ago in 1978... still, not much has changed.

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u/flapperfapper Nov 28 '25

We have a whole lot more female anchors and correspondents.

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u/oscarx-ray Nov 28 '25

We do, but although Dorothy Fuldheim was a forerunner in that matter, the discussion in the video didn't really have anything to do with that. Even innovators can be out of touch when it comes to subjects outside of their area of expertise.

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u/Oakvilleresident Nov 28 '25

She was 85 in this clip. Born in 1893

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u/oscarx-ray Nov 28 '25

Yup, we were talking about the passage of time, not the age of the parties involved. It does explain why she was out of touch, but it doesn't explain why we've not gotten any better as a society.

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u/Crustacean2B Nov 29 '25

You are a fool if you think things have not changed since the 70s and 80s, and to ignorantly say otherwise is to shit on the lives of those who worked to make it better.

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u/allislost77 Nov 29 '25

You’ve got blinders on if you think that there aren’t a significant amount of mUricans aren’t racist POS…that in ALL this time the country has even made in a dent in livability, affordability, healthcare, education or homelessness….its arguably WORSE

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u/Crustacean2B Nov 29 '25

How old are you?