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ABC is running a special on Motown, and some African Americans are complaining to the network about its choice of co-host. Justin Timberlake — along with Lionel Richie — is scheduled to co-host “Motown 45,” a two-hour special honoring the record label behind the careers of many of America’s best known black musicians, including the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and Smokey Robinson. It’s scheduled to be taped in April for a May broadcast, but protestors have been calling and emailing ABC to complain about the choice of Timberlake, sources tell The Scoop. They’re irate not only because Timberlake is not black, but also because they feel he let Janet Jackson take the heat for the infamous breast-baring Super Bowl incident, while he escaped relatively unscathed. The choice of Timberlake has also elicited some outrage from African-American pundits...
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