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A Highly Scientific Measurement of Where New Captain America Star Anthony Mackie Rates Among Working Black Actors

By Rembert Browne at

Wayne Brady (in jest) before he proceeds to collect money from prostitutes, break a cop's neck, give Dave Chappelle PCP, and then shoot him in the leg:

You know, one of the things in Hollywood is, there are only a few of us black actors that happen to be working. And nothing makes me happier than to be able to take another black actor's job.

As always with Chappelle's Show, while this was meant to be funny and set up the epic six-minute skit between Wayne and Dave, there was a sizable amount of truth to the statement. And since this skit aired in 2004, it began an Internet tradition that I've kept up for over eight years:

Every few months, I Google Image search "black actors," just to see what's going on.

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