• By rebecca
    Feb 29, 2008 5:27 PM 1,034
    read more: #thingsthatareobvioustosomebutnottoothers, #outofafrica, #africa, #josephconrad, #npr, #racism, #thesoftbigotryoflowexpectations

    White Public Radio Announcer's Burden

    NPR newscaster Jean Cochhran recently described President Bush's trip to Africa as a visit to the "dark continent." Some NPR listeners took the retro phrase the wrong (read: racist) way, and, as they are predisposed to do, wrote in."I had no idea the term would be found offensive," Cochhran said. Yeah, there's a no reason a term that casts and entire continent of people as the Other should bother anyone. [NPR]


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