Canadian duo Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod are best known for their vintage exercise show, Body Break.But what many people may not have known is the idea for the show was born after Johnson, a black man, experienced racism while applying for a job at TSN in April 1988, the fitness icon explains in a new video posted to his Facebook page Tuesday.Johnson was hired by TSN as a sports reporter, but then was subsequently told the network already had a black reporter and they couldn’t have more than one.The next month after the incident, he met McLeod.
But then on June 8 that year, Johnson was hired as an actor promoting Woodbine Racetrack.“There was three of us — myself, a white young lady and a white guy,” he explained in the video.“We’re
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