black host, or some other minority, might be a positive that would continue its vitality into the future in a way a white host would not. These days diversity is usually preferred and often even demanded by majorities -- witness the rage of the white minority that's been losing faster and faster for decades.
I don't find it interesting that minorities are "expected" to watch white shows because they aren't and weren't, and don't and never did. They, like all other demos, have always watched or rejected and always in one way or another made their own choices. I remember long ago now being struck that, during one for me "golden" year with several shows I thought were much better than normal, not one of them was on the list of the top 10 shows watched by black Americans.
That minorities of 2% and 12% are offered much less of the commercial pie than 75% is just as inevitable as gravity. That's true when the minorities are white, and it's dishonest to only look to racism as an explanation. Rural and low-income whites have always been passed over in favor of serving big diverse urban markets, though technology has improved that greatly. Women of all colors everywhere are still discriminated against to benefit men, though advances of equality have improved that greatly also. My short white husband is always discriminated against by clothing stores; taller men of all colors are always offered more than will be purchased while any stock for short is usually bought up immediately by those who get to it first and isn't replenished; internet shopping has helped, but no change in the store discrimination. Old people have always been and still are discriminated against horribly.
None of this is to deny that business dominated by white men has overall always sought to promote white male power and to hold back, and even abuse, women and minorities. Or that they've been willing -- sometimes determined -- to give up profits to do it. But things have changed enormously, as we see from black and female -- and old -- faces on most current shows now and also a lot more black shows on mainstream media.
It's also not to deny that choosing a black Jeopardy host would assist the ongoing battle for full assimilation of blacks and likely even raise black viewership a bit. Doesn't look like that's going to happen as the white producer seems to have been helping choose himself. On the plus side it seems likely one or more of those talented black guest hosts will turn up on other shows.
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