# People who didn't know that Ed Bradley was... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-know-that-ed-bradley-was/380356 "2006-11-14T04:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-know-that-ed-bradley-was/380356/41 "2006-11-15T14:56:57Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Anderson Cooper is Black? [/QUOTE] No, Anderson Cooper is the \*new \* black. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-know-that-ed-bradley-was/380356/42 "2006-11-15T16:36:24Z")
Ed Bradley I knew. Wayne Brady shocked me though. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-know-that-ed-bradley-was/380356/43 "2006-11-15T17:10:48Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] No, Anderson Cooper is the \*new \* black. šŸ˜‰ [/QUOTE] If I am not being whooshed, I suspect the reference is to the fact that Anderson Cooper is gay - and (drum roll) can be mistaken for straight!! Although I suspect this isnā€™t a phenotype thingā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-know-that-ed-bradley-was/380356/44 "2006-11-16T00:18:12Z")
I donā€™t know if anyone looked at my links, but a couple people have said that everyone mentioned so far in this thread looked black to themā€¦Iā€™m pretty sure Lacey Chabert is white. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-know-that-ed-bradley-was/380356/45 "2006-11-16T00:32:45Z")
[QUOTE=Sattua] Uhā€¦ arenā€™t you glad that people didnā€™t realize? Colorblind and all that? [/QUOTE] ā€œHold it, Ed Bradley was a man??? Youā€™re kidding. I never notice gender.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-know-that-ed-bradley-was/380356/46 "2006-11-16T01:03:46Z")
[QUOTE=amarinth] ā€œHold it, Ed Bradley was a man??? Youā€™re kidding. I never notice gender.ā€ [/QUOTE] Stephen Colbert, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-know-that-ed-bradley-was/380356/47 "2006-11-16T02:02:40Z")
[QUOTE=bluethree] I donā€™t know if anyone looked at my links, but a couple people have said that everyone mentioned so far in this thread looked black to themā€¦Iā€™m pretty sure Lacey Chabert is white. [/QUOTE] Didnā€™t see her. I agree she looks white. Stacy Dash and Rashida donā€™t look white to me. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-know-that-ed-bradley-was/380356/48 "2006-11-16T04:25:30Z")
Never mind that, what about [Morley Safer?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morley_Safer) A Canadian. Thatā€™s right. A Canadian! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-know-that-ed-bradley-was/380356/49 "2006-11-16T13:16:31Z")
Can I just say that, as a non-American this thread makes for truly bizarre reading! Those are some weird hang-ups about race yā€™all got there šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-know-that-ed-bradley-was/380356/50 "2006-11-16T14:17:47Z")
[QUOTE=Rodgers01] Stephen Colbert, is that you? [/QUOTE] ā€œPeople tell me Iā€™m a man, and I take their word for it.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-know-that-ed-bradley-was/380356/51 "2006-11-16T17:14:45Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Anderson Cooper is Black? [/QUOTE] No. It is entirely possible that he is the **whitest** man in broadcast journalism. And, thatā€™s saying a lot. šŸ˜ƒ What I meant was this: He made his bones by going to war, like Bradley, like Rather, like Murrow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-know-that-ed-bradley-was/380356.md?page=2)