SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
from tonguetied.us
The Heights, a student newspaper at Boston College, has been branded racist for a headline reading, "[Resident Directors] Resign Following Drug Bust," according to the Daily Free Press.
Members of minority student group say use of the term "drug bust" in a story about the arrest of three black Resident Directors caught smoking dope was insensitive and racist. They even burned some copies of the newspaper to make their point. They insisted that the term would not have been used had the perpetrators been white.
The paper printed an apology on the front page of the following issue expressing regret for "the pain that the mistake inflicted on the BC community."
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"And the Academy Award for Best Racial Whining goes to..."
The Heights, a student newspaper at Boston College, has been branded racist for a headline reading, "[Resident Directors] Resign Following Drug Bust," according to the Daily Free Press.
Members of minority student group say use of the term "drug bust" in a story about the arrest of three black Resident Directors caught smoking dope was insensitive and racist. They even burned some copies of the newspaper to make their point. They insisted that the term would not have been used had the perpetrators been white.
The paper printed an apology on the front page of the following issue expressing regret for "the pain that the mistake inflicted on the BC community."
**end**
"And the Academy Award for Best Racial Whining goes to..."
