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TIL when The Betty White Show went national across the U.S. in 1954, White was criticized in the Southern states for having Arthur Duncan, a Black tap dancer, on her show. White received threats to take the show off-air because Arthur was Black. She refused, saying “he stays, live with it”.
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“Cope” -Betty White
You have to cut them some slack: For many of them, this was their first time criticizing a White.
It’s like Groundhog Day in here at times.
She was a great woman.