Challenging racism in the media...

[loyalsister]

1. Some of our responses....

These are being published in the paper owned by Waters. The managing editor is on our side. He is publishing one LTTE after another that is slamming the owner of the paper. These are some of my favorites.

The time has passed for white people to be content with the suffering of others just to protect their own comfort. This is a strong community that can face racism and our legacy of racial injustice. And we must do it. Put your big boy pants on, Waters and Ol’ Clark, because we are not going away!

http://www.columbiatribune.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/fair-treatment-trumps-discomfort/article_fe3c29fc-b1db-5234-b7b0-5db31a54be7b.html

Privileged writers’ comments irksome

I found myself gravely disappointed as I read Bill Clark’s article on race and Hank Waters’ enthusiastic praise of what, when boiled down, amounts to a lumpy mass of colorblind ideology and white privilege. I am sure they had good intentions, but we know where that road can lead.

http://www.columbiatribune.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/privileged-writers-comments-irksome/article_ddd4eede-c86d-5e13-aa06-7695430b0e5e.html

Fair treatment trumps discomfort

Clark and Waters come from an era when those who look like them dominated our cultural narrative. That is changing as a broader spectrum of women and people of color are able to take the cultural microphone.

http://www.columbiatribune.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/whites-must-make-room-for-all-voices/article_4df1b4b1-b05b-5d7c-a8a0-5453ab1fa7bb.html

There are a few more to be found there. I never thought I would see anyone direct a harsh criticism of Waters and get published, let alone a series.

If you have something positive to add, feel free to offer comments to the tribune.