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1. How Not To Write A Headline... - Global Grind: Social Issues on 11 Sep 2007 at 4:45 pm

   [...] for half a second before they publish racially loaded headlines.  Apparently we were wrong…Read More at Racialicious   Published Sep 11 2007, 05:48 PM by bruddy Filed under: racialdiscrimination, [...]

Comments

1. DWS wrote:

   Likely intentional. There seem to be lots of nooses around lately, Jena, UMD, this article and all the other places they are not reported.

   Once a noose was left in a hospital emergency room years ago, and no one would mention its presence in writing during the investigation. That was my introduction to the “power” of the noose.

   Posted 11 Sep 2007 at 10:07 am ¶

2. imdeep wrote:

   well, given enough rope someone will hang themselves on poor word choice. all the noose that fits that bent, no?

   Posted 11 Sep 2007 at 11:30 am ¶

3. FrancesM wrote:

   Uggh. What the heck were they thinking?
   ~F

   Posted 11 Sep 2007 at 1:33 pm ¶

4. Rachel wrote:

   And they keep saying this is not about race.

   Posted 11 Sep 2007 at 2:20 pm ¶

5. derek wrote:

   Wow…to think, someone copy edited that.

   Posted 11 Sep 2007 at 2:57 pm ¶

6. EvaVegaDiversity wrote:

   I think this is a classic example of how privilege manifests itself in the media.

   (Not conscious) Whites lack the emotional proximity to the historical reality of Blacks in America. As such they disregard the pain, anger, and fear associated with terms like the n-word and lynching metaphors.

   Posted 11 Sep 2007 at 3:32 pm ¶

7. Angel H. wrote:

   What the hell??!

   Posted 11 Sep 2007 at 7:07 pm ¶

8. Mike wrote:

   Looks like they they used the right word to fit how every one treated that case.

   Posted 11 Sep 2007 at 9:30 pm ¶

9. drydock wrote:

   If it was unintentional the editor should be demoted and sent back to journalism school. If it was intentional (and I’m a little more than suspicious) they should be obviously fired.

   Posted 12 Sep 2007 at 2:17 am ¶

10. Lauren wrote:

    wow, that’s really lame. looks like someone wasn’t thinking.

    Posted 12 Sep 2007 at 12:33 pm ¶

11. Dre Film wrote:

    How did this get past the copy editor? It was obviously intentional. Both the writer and the copy editor should be fired!

    I first read about this on GlobalGrind’s MySpace page, at http://www.myspace.com/theglobalgrind. And I had to come check out more of the story.

    DRE

    Posted 12 Sep 2007 at 12:50 pm ¶