Regarding America’s racial landscape, I believe there are risks at all levels of social interactions, thus, I would like to add the following for consideration of could-have-been headlines (or could-have-been sub-headlines) regarding Staple’s article: Walking While Black, Bicycling While Black, Working While Black, and, of course, two that hold significance for me and all my students, Learning While Black and Teaching While Black.
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New York Times Headline for June 15 Opinion Article by Brent Staples: Even Now, There’s Risk in ‘Driving While Black’
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009The Danger of Friendly Fire: Black Police Officers Disproportionately at Risk of Being Shot …
Friday, June 12th, 2009… by white colleagues who mistake them for criminals. That danger was tragically underscored in New York City last month, when Omar Edwards, a young African-American officer who was chasing a suspect, was shot to death by another police officer. The New York Police Department, and police departments across the country, must do everything possible to prevent such tragedies.
The New York New York Police Department says such “friendly fire†killings are rare, and it could not provide accurate statistics on how often they happen. But a provisional list provided by the department of fatalities caused by mistaken identity offers some sense the problem. Of the five officers mistakenly killed by colleagues since the 1970s, three were black and one was Hispanic.
– New York Times Editorial, June 11
Read more here. Regarding the Times’ editorial headline, The Danger of Friendly Fire, what if the friendlies have minds poisoned? Can they really be regarded as friendlies?
For what it’s worth, my words about the shooting of Omar Edwards.
From NYT’s Timothy Egan’s An Innocent Abroad – About “Angel Face”
Thursday, June 11th, 2009I couldn’t resist Egan’s Outpost passage, I thought it was candid about certain brands of Americana …
“We kill innocent Americans often enough through our legal system, kill them because of shoddy police work or racial prejudice.”
Media Matters for America Says It Has Proof That Fox News Is the Slumdog of America News Media
Saturday, April 11th, 2009This week, Media Matters for America released a new report that it says documents Fox New promoting anti-Obama “tea party” protests across the country for April 15.
It reports that Fox News has frequently aired segments encouraging viewers to get involved with tea-party protests, which the news network has often described as primarily a response to President Obama’s fiscal policies.
Comeuppance
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009For all those who wrote the President and the Secretary of State about Lori Berenson’s fate, check this out.
Saving Lori Berenson – Call President Obama and Write to Secretary of State Clinton
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009From Mark and Rhoda Berenson – Now that President Obama has settled into office, it is time for us to put a concerted effort into enlisting his help in securing Loris release.
Wrongfully imprisoned in Peruvian hellholes, Lori has now served 13 years and five months of her 20-year sentence. She has been a model prisoner, and she is eligible for conditional liberty in November, 2010. However, given the precarious nature of her health and the forthcoming birth of her baby, we will be urging President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to secure Lori’s immediate release.
File Photo: Lori in a Lima Courtroom, March 22, 2001
“So, what do students say about this New York Times story?”
Thursday, March 19th, 2009So, I posted on Hunter-L last night. And am waiting on responses.
Date: Wed 18 Mar 22:04:39 EDT 2009
From: Gregg Morris <gmorris@hunter.cuny.edu>
Subject: So, what do students say about this New York Times story?
To: HUNTER-L <HUNTER-L@HUNTER.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>I’m working on this project, code name for now, “The 4 Barnacles of the Apocalypse†(which may be amended to “The 4 Barnacles for the Apocalypse) – AKA T4BA – and I wonder what students think about the following from the NYT: “Student Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputesâ€
“Drop the Rock!”
Saturday, March 14th, 2009WORD Writer Frankie Garcia and WORD Senior Editor/Producer Kisha Allison covered a rally and lobbying effort in Albany, March 10 to convince the legislator to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws. They both took pictures and Allison’s planning on expanding on their multimedia reporting later this week in the WORD. Picture below was taken by Garcia.
I bet no one saw this image on the evening news, March 10, 2009
Student Journalism Should Be Serious Journalism – Part II
Sunday, March 8th, 2009The Knight News, its logo, Queens College’s Official Award-Winning Student Newspaper Since 1937, published this excellent article by reporter Jano Tantongco pointing out blistering reporting inaccuracies by New York Newsday, New York Post and New York Daily News on the arrest of Stephen Buttafuoco, a Queens College, CUNY, senior.
Sarah Palin Vs David Letterman
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009As of this date and time, 1:12 p.m., Google listed “about 4,529 news results for Sarah Palin David Letterman.”
My 10 cents:
1) Yawn.
2)Â Somewhere down the road she and her cronies will blame Obama.
Tags:David Letterman, news analysis, Sarah Palin, sensational news
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