Sam Jackson Is Right, “We Don’t All Look Alike”: Black Celebrities Mistaken For Each Other
Bob Johnson and John H. Johnson
Okay, last mention of the issue The New York Post has with stories about famous black people. Gawker was once again behind finding this flub, where Bob Johnson, the man originally behind BET, was confused for John H. Johnson, the original editor of Ebony magazine. The article criticized former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers of being something of a traitor for going to work as CEO of Ebony because “her new boss, Bob Johnson, who also founded Black Entertainment Television, was one of Obama’s harshest critics.”