A Debate in Black and White

[Nicholas_J]

It was not a question a white journalist would have asked Howard ean.


"Frankly," said Ed Gordon of Black Entertainment Television, with Vermont's population just 0.5 percent black, "there's been some concern . . . that you will have a difficult time connecting and really understanding the concerns of minorities, in particular African-Americans."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59179-2003Sep11.html

[Ediacara]

1. do you ever READ these articles NJ?

this one is a bland recounting of the debate full of pro-Dean quotes. You're rediculously lame...

[mbali]

2. Why not?

That's why it makes sense to have some diversity among those doing the questioning. The fact that a white journalist would not have asked the question (an assumption with which I don't necessarily agree) does not mean that the question should not be asked.