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... when you do get a job everybody says, “Well, they wanted a black woman,” which necessarily puts you on a level where you have to prove yourself above being a woman and being black.... Now, I would say, in certain situations, it helped me simply because I was mildly attractive, not because I was black or a woman. That gets you more mileage than anything else.... God help you if you’re not an attractive woman. - Theresa Brown
Attribution: Theresa Brown (b. 1957), African American television newswoman. As quoted in Women in Television News, ch. 5, by Judith S. Gelfman (1976). Said on April 3, 1973.

Categories: Beauty, Television News, Television Newswoman, Tokenism

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