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Whitest Black guy name?

posted 16 years ago by dmeeder
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Chappy Sinclair?!?!? Really?!?! WTF were the screenwriters thinking!

[–] Darth-Zed 16 years ago

Will Smith.

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[–] egoing74 16 years ago

Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr.
General, United States Air Force

[–] Director-21 15 years ago

Interesting. I'd never heard of him before. I'm assuming that he was the namesake of Lewis Gossett Jr.'s character in this film. I've seen this film a million times; tools of having grown up in the 80s, and never heard that before.

[–] jefgg 9 years ago

The character of Colonel Charles "Chappy" Sinclair was inspired by the real life U.S. Air Force General Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr.. General Chappie James was a member of the famed all Black Tuskegee Airmen, and also flew fighter jets in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He later became the first Black four star General in U.S. history.