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WestMichRad

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3. Oscar V Peterson seems like a person worthy of the honor...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2025, 06:58 PM

Jun 27

… of having a US Navy ship named after him. Plus he meets the paramount Kegbreath criterion of having light skin.

Just don’t tell him that the much more renown Oscar (E.) Peterson, the outstanding (Canadian) jazz pianist, wasn’t so… light-skinned.

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