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‘What’s Happening!!’ Star Ernest Thomas Recalls Overcoming Racism and Abuse
Ernest Thomas overcame plenty of hurdles when he was younger. The What’s Happening!! star exclusively tells Closer how he overcame racism, abuse and more.
Laughter’s power to open people’s hearts became clear to Ernest Thomas shortly after he began playing Raj on TV’s What’s Happening!! “I met one racist lady who told me she hated Black people until she was channel-surfing and discovered our show and started laughing,” Ernest, 75, tells Closer. In June, the animated Everybody Hates Chris premieres on Comedy Central, and I’m reprising my part as Mr. Omar, the funeral director.
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