Well, if that saddens you, this should piss you right the hell off.
I asked one time why they refused to publish the race of the offender and he said it was his editor’s decision: I countered that we have a dangerous man with a gun on the loose they just shot someone-don’t you think we should notify the community about this danger to society? He looked at me, shrugged, and said “not my call, man.”
So, to combat this weakness, the department now gives live press conferences directly so they can’t be tampered with or they release the suspect description on the department Facebook feed. I mean seriously, we have a dangerous person loose and they are
More worried about offending black people than protecting the public. Last year; there was a shooting on the subway in Chicago: suspect was on video and fled to another car. Either the police department or the media refused to say that the man, still at large, was black and armed with a gun. Again m, he is still on the train posing a direct and serious threat to the public. They could have showed the video still frame of his face and what he was wearing so they could get away from him and call police to get this dangerous guy off the streets. He was captured at another stop thankfully.
Two more things about the media and race, especially the apa that piss me off more than the other stuff sometimes: I have railed about both of these.
First, according to the apa; white is not a race and has too many people from too many backgrounds to constitute people coming from a single common background enough to bother to capitalize “White” or “Caucasian” while their policy is to always capitalize black claiming that black people come from a shared history??? What?? They come from Africa, Caribbean, South America, Europe, and the United States and Canada. That seems like a pretty diverse area with many different backgrounds, languages, cultures, etc. lol. The apa also says that ALL BLACK PEOPLE HAVE THE COMMON HISTORY OF BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE THEYRE BLACK. You can thank 2020 for this right smack in the middle of the riots.
Seriously, fucking read this
https://www.ap.org/the-definitive-source/announcements/why-we-will-lowercase-white/
The only time the apa identifies a black person by race is in either police killing a black person or a white person killing a black person or some story about racism or discrimination. For example, “Officer Jones, who is white, shot Mike Brown, who is Black.” Or a civilian “Robert Stackhouse, a white mechanic, shot Terrance Youngblood, a Black former laborer who was currently unhoused (they mean unemployed) and homeless).
In case you don’t want to click on the links here is the apa cuck slop in full: it even comes with a special link to racially charged stories.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Why we will lowercase white
AP style will continue to lowercase the term white in racial, ethnic and cultural senses. This decision follows
THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE
Why we will lowercase white
AP style will continue to lowercase the term white in racial, ethnic and cultural senses. This decision follows
There was clear desire and reason to capitalize Black. Most notably, people who are Black have strong historical and cultural commonalities, even if they are from different parts of the world and even if they now live in different parts of the world.
That includes the shared experience of discrimination due solely to the color of one’s skin.
There is, at this time, less support for capitalizing white. White people generally do not share the same history and culture, or the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color. In addition, we are a global news organization and in much of the world there is considerable disagreement, ambiguity and confusion about whom the term includes.
We agree that white people’s skin color plays into systemic inequalities and injustices, and we want our journalism to robustly explore those problems. But capitalizing the term white, as is done by white supremacists, risks subtly conveying legitimacy to such beliefs.
Some have expressed the belief that if we don’t capitalize white, we are being inconsistent and discriminating against white people or, conversely, that we are implying that white is the default. We also recognize the argument that capitalizing the term could pull white people more fully into issues and discussions of race and equality. We will closely watch how usage and thought evolves, and will periodically review our decision.
As the AP Stylebook currently directs, we will continue to avoid the broad and imprecise term brown in racial, ethnic or cultural references. If using the term is necessary as part of a direct quotation, we will continue to use the lowercase.
For more details, see the AP Stylebook’s race-related coverage guidance, which says in part: “Consider carefully when deciding whether to identify people by race. Often, it is an irrelevant factor and drawing unnecessary attention to someone’s race or ethnicity can be interpreted as bigotry.”
The guidance also says:
Reporting and writing about issues involving race calls for thoughtful consideration, precise language, and an openness to discussions with others of diverse backgrounds about how to frame coverage or what language is most appropriate, accurate and fair.
Avoid broad generalizations and labels; race and ethnicity are one part of a person’s identity. Identifying people by race and reporting on actions that have to do with race often go beyond simple style questions, challenging journalists to think broadly about racial issues before having to make decisions on specific situations and stories.
In all coverage — not just race-related coverage — strive to accurately represent the world, or a particular community, and its diversity through the people you quote and depict in all formats. Omissions and lack of inclusion can render people invisible and cause anguish.
For AP coverage of racial injustice issues:
https://apnews.com/Racialinjustice
Suggestions for the AP Stylebook team may be
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