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Race and relevancy in reporting continues to be a fine line that most newspapers walk. A story we published on Wednesday stirred the debate in our newsroom.
Here's a note I sent out to the news staff today:
Race/ethnicity and relevancy in police description
In general, do not use race/ethnicity in a police description. What does this mean: Police are searching for a big, tattooed Hispanic man .....
Take this from noted diversity expert Keith Woods (a link to his full essay is included below):
What, for example, does a Hispanic man look like? Is his skin dark brown? Reddish brown? Pale? Is his hair straight? Curly? Course? Fine? Does he have a flat, curved nose or is it narrow and straight? Telling the public that he’s 5-foot-8, 180 pounds, with a blue shirt and blue jeans says something about the person’s appearance. But what do you add to that picture when you say Latino?
Ask police to get more specific. What other...
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