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“Today” host Bryant Gumbel, on the modesty he thinks his critics demand of him: “They think because I’m black I have to be a little more gracious, more grateful. They would love me to say, ‘Boy, geez, thank you. Aren’t I lucky, a little guy like me, to be given this chance?’ I really think that’s what some of these idiots want.”
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