Alex Trebek Under Fire: Was He Being Racist on Wednesday Night’s Jeopardy?

Did Alex Trebek Make A Racist Comment Towards A Contestant Last Night? (Twitter Reacts) (Business 2 Community)

Alex Trebek was hosting the college edition of Jeopardy! last night when he made a comment that appears to be racist. While speaking to a contestant about a question related to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), he comments that she “better get” the answer right.

That contestant, Kenesha Bennett, a student at Oakwood University, a private school in Huntsville, Alabama, selected the question under the “Student Aid” category.

Alex read the following question: “This group gives scholarships to minority students & financial support to 37 historically black colleges and universities.”

He then responded: “Kenesha, you’d better get it.”