Comments on: The Ghost of Willie Horton http://www.dailydanet.com/2008/05/the-ghost-of-willie-horton/ Exposing Untruths, Injustice and UnAmerican Ways Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:58:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ira Lienman http://www.dailydanet.com/2008/05/the-ghost-of-willie-horton/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Ira Lienman Mon, 19 May 2008 18:00:49 +0000 http://www.dailydanet.com/blog/2008/05/12/the-ghost-of-willie-horton/#comment-90 I remember a news report out of metro-NYC regarding males who were involved in a shooting and had fled the police. Instead of describing them as black males, they described the vehicle they left behind and the contents thereof: multiple buckets of KFC. A day later, it was confirmed they were black males - a confirmation unsurprising to those who might profile /stereotype a KFC patron. It was interesting to consider whether the media would insinuate their ethnicity in this manner since that I don't recall the type of fast-food wrappers inside a car described before. And maybe since white guys like chicken, they might not have been sending any kind of message..... But why wouldn't they just report it was black guys since there were enough indicators? If Obama becomes President, there is a strong possiblity all this political-correctness will go out the window. Go Obama! I remember a news report out of metro-NYC regarding males who were involved in a shooting and had fled the police.

Instead of describing them as black males, they described the vehicle they left behind and the contents thereof: multiple buckets of KFC. A day later, it was confirmed they were black males – a confirmation unsurprising to those who might profile /stereotype a KFC patron.

It was interesting to consider whether the media would insinuate their ethnicity in this manner since that I don’t recall the type of fast-food wrappers inside a car described before. And maybe since white guys like chicken, they might not have been sending any kind of message…..

But why wouldn’t they just report it was black guys since there were enough indicators?

If Obama becomes President, there is a strong possiblity all this political-correctness will go out the window.

Go Obama!

]]> By: matt http://www.dailydanet.com/2008/05/the-ghost-of-willie-horton/comment-page-1/#comment-89 matt Tue, 13 May 2008 12:31:24 +0000 http://www.dailydanet.com/blog/2008/05/12/the-ghost-of-willie-horton/#comment-89 When I was a reporter in Philadelphia I was shocked once when I was covering a murder and the police issued a description of the suspect. The description ran something like "African-American, 5-11-6'2", black hair..." My editors took out the fact that he was African-American because it played into stereotypes. My question was isn't that the suspect's fault. I got some looks that day. When I was a reporter in Philadelphia I was shocked once when I was covering a murder and the police issued a description of the suspect. The description ran something like “African-American, 5-11-6′2″, black hair…”
My editors took out the fact that he was African-American because it played into stereotypes. My question was isn’t that the suspect’s fault. I got some looks that day.

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