Two more letters on race
The Letters Editor of the Boston Globe hosted a half-hour chat one day this past week. When asked about the content of the letters chosen for publication, he wrote that the letters are balanced and that he enjoys reading letters that take the Boston Globe to task more than letters that just parrot a Globe position. Well, we all know that's a bunch of bull.
Here are two more thoughts that hit the editing room floor at the Boston Globe; the first is in reaction to an Ellen Goodman piece asking if the country is ready to elect a non-white male (yes the emphasis was on Sens. Clinton and Obama; there was no mention of Dr. Condoleezza Rice, of course!); the second is pretty, self-explanatory.
Editor,
An American who votes for a candidate because of the candidates race or gender is as racists or sexist as the American who votes against a candidate because of the candidates race or gender (Political early adopters. Dec. 29, A15). (End of first letter.)
Editor,
That my letter to the Editor calling out the racist, white, liberal elitists in this State hit the cutting room floor and the Boston Globe chose to print a letter lamenting the racial composition of patrons (white) and servers (non-white) in a Brookline restaurant "says it all" way more than the published letter to the editor (Elusive Diversity, letters, Dec. 25) suggested the title of a recent Boston Globe article, Increased diversity, separate lives (Dec. 18, A1), "says it all".
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, African-Americans and Latinos make up 2.5% and 3.3% of the Brookline population, respectively. More than 48% of Brookline households have incomes greater than $75,000 per year. And, on a separate site, I found Brookliners voted for Sen. John F. Kerry over President George W. Bush by 21,500 to 5,200 in the 2004 Presidential Election (I couldn't find hard data on party affiliation for Brookline but I think the voting data supports my implication). (End of second letter.)
The letter I reference in the second letter above is printed in its entirety in the post immediately below.
The Letters Editor of the Boston Globe hosted a half-hour chat one day this past week. When asked about the content of the letters chosen for publication, he wrote that the letters are balanced and that he enjoys reading letters that take the Boston Globe to task more than letters that just parrot a Globe position. Well, we all know that's a bunch of bull.
Here are two more thoughts that hit the editing room floor at the Boston Globe; the first is in reaction to an Ellen Goodman piece asking if the country is ready to elect a non-white male (yes the emphasis was on Sens. Clinton and Obama; there was no mention of Dr. Condoleezza Rice, of course!); the second is pretty, self-explanatory.
Editor,
An American who votes for a candidate because of the candidates race or gender is as racists or sexist as the American who votes against a candidate because of the candidates race or gender (Political early adopters. Dec. 29, A15). (End of first letter.)
Editor,
That my letter to the Editor calling out the racist, white, liberal elitists in this State hit the cutting room floor and the Boston Globe chose to print a letter lamenting the racial composition of patrons (white) and servers (non-white) in a Brookline restaurant "says it all" way more than the published letter to the editor (Elusive Diversity, letters, Dec. 25) suggested the title of a recent Boston Globe article, Increased diversity, separate lives (Dec. 18, A1), "says it all".
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, African-Americans and Latinos make up 2.5% and 3.3% of the Brookline population, respectively. More than 48% of Brookline households have incomes greater than $75,000 per year. And, on a separate site, I found Brookliners voted for Sen. John F. Kerry over President George W. Bush by 21,500 to 5,200 in the 2004 Presidential Election (I couldn't find hard data on party affiliation for Brookline but I think the voting data supports my implication). (End of second letter.)
The letter I reference in the second letter above is printed in its entirety in the post immediately below.
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