Wheel of Misfortune

Pat Sajak’s Racism Lands on Bankrupt

Jeffrey Kass
ZORA
Published in
3 min readMay 22, 2024

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AI-Generated picture of Racism on a Wheel of Fortune Puzzle Board
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My 80-year-old mother has been watching TV’s “Wheel of Fortune” religiously for nearly all its almost 50 years. I was 5 when the show first aired.

Pat Sajak took over the reins of the game show in 1981, but after 43 years, he and his half smiles and snarky jokes are finally retiring on June 7, 2024.

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Jeffrey Kass
ZORA
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