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The Cincinnati Beacon
CincyNation: CinWeekly Keeps It White
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
One cannot link to stories at the news aggregator CincyNation, since usually that site just collects stories from other places. But occasionally, it offers short blurbs of news and commentary that are original—and today there are two such items about the sheer whiteness of CinWeekly.
Here is the full text of the short entries:
Keeping it ‘white’ at CinWeekly
Did you see the latest issue of CinWeekly? Actually, take a look at any issue and what you won’t see are a lot of photos and features about African-Americans. There’s a complete absence of Hispanics but, wow, there was a rare story on someone Asian. For Enquirer’s CinWeekly, there’s no such thing as diversity, just a lot of whiteness.
Keeping Oktoberfest ‘white’
Then we took a look at the coverage of Oktoberfest Zinzinnati. Completely white. We’re sure some of those costumed people in photos and TV footage don’t have a German background. Perhaps Irish, maybe Italian. But no blacks because the city, well-known for its intolerance and bigotry, has got to keep it white.
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