The Media Blows It

Two distinct conversations on race have dominated this February, the first black history month with a black American president. One consisted of a steady stream of outrage over publication of a cartoon in the New York Post depicting a chimpanzee being shot to death. The other concerned a blunt and, some say, accusatory speech by Attorney General Eric Holder, in which he calls America "a nation of cowards" when it comes to race. Both instances have been ... Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
2.4
by Patricia Blochowiak - Mar. 1, 2009

Disregarding the outrage over a racist cartoon is a major failure in the understanding of the state of racial misunderstanding in today's world.

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