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“[A]t ABC … minority actors have been dismissed at an alarming rate over the past two years. Blacks, including Star Jones (The View), Harold Perrineau (Lost), Alfre Woodard, Mehcad Brooks, and Page Kennedy (Desperate Housewives) have been let go. One must ask themselves, what is going on? While we don’t approve of his use of the F-word at the Golden Globes, Washington has since apologized and gone on to perform community service by way of a public service announcement for the very organizations that have been orchestrating his dismissal. But it seems it wasn’t enough.” – lesbian activist Jasmyne Cannick, in a petition to get Isaiah Washington’s job back at Grey’s Anatomy. (Page Six)