Why Below Deck Needs More Diversity
In addition to many other Bravo franchises, Below Deck needs more diversity, and here's why it's important to embrace change.
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In addition to many other Bravo franchises, Below Deck needs more diversity, and here's why it's important to embrace change.
Annie Fisher earned notoriety in Columbia and across the country for her famous beaten biscuits. She cooked her way to wealth despite living during the years of Jim Crow.
"I wanted people to visit my website and see people that looked like them," Sheila Ruffin said about starting Soca Caribbean Yacht Charters.
Image zoom | Credit: Courtesy of Mario Rigby Few people would relish being told where they can and can't go. But that was the reality for African Americans living in the Jim Crow era. From 1936 to 1966, The Negro Motorist Green Book and subsequent titles helped keep Black travelers and their families safe, with warnings about "sundown towns," where people of color could face intimidation and violence after dark, and recommendations on the hotels, restaurants, and businesses that would we...