<p>I agree that racism is not limited to the "deep south" and that there ought to be more discussion of race issues such as the situation you're describing in Detroit. However, my original article <i>didn't</i> limit itself to a discussion of racism only in the deep south. For example, it discussed Agatha Christie's novel, <i>Ten Little Niggers</i>. Christie was British, and the title of her book was taken from a children's song popular in England. That's not only outside the deep south but outside the United States.</p>
<p>I'd also take issue with your suggestion that my article is "fetishizing the <i>former</i> propagandistic images of Jim Crow." There's nothing "former" about this stuff. As current examples like "Ghettopoly" demonstrate, propaganda of this type is still being produced.</p>
The Washington Post also ran [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/30/AR2005093001019.html|its own story] on the GAO findings. The full GAO reports are also available online:
Anthony H. Gamboa, "[http://lautenberg.senate.gov/assets/GAO%20reports/armstrong_williams.pdf|Department of Education—Contract to Obtain Services of Armstrong Williams]," Letter to Frank R. Lautenberg and Edward M. Kennedy", Government Accounting Office, September 30, 2005.
Anthony H. Gamboa, "[http://lautenberg.senate.gov/assets/GAO%20reports/fakenews.pdf|Department of Education—No Child Left Behind Act Video News Release and Media Analysis]", Government Accounting Office, September 30, 2005.
Gary L. Kepplinger, "[http://lautenberg.senate.gov/assets/GAO%20reports/dept_edu.pdf| Department of Education—No Child Left Behind Newspaper Article]," Letter to Mr. Kent Talbert, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Education, Government Accounting Office, September 30, 2005.
"Morning Edition, September 27, 2005 · The FBI is investigating a series of cross burnings in the Detroit area. The burning crosses were among the symbols of intimidation used by segregationists during the civil rights era. Now they are part of a rash of hate crimes in a region long separated by race. Detroit Public Radio's Quinn Klinefelter reports." http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4865351
I wonder why so much of the discussion nof race in America centers on the "deep south." If the "series of cross burnings in the Detroit area" was happening in the Birmingham area or any other "deep south" area it would be national news, CNN Faux News, MSNBC etc...but since it is occurring in one of if not the most racially segregated areas of the country it only ranks a blip on NPR.
I am from the deep south and I do know serious racsist but I have never seen racism, hate and ignorance to rival that of the Ohio River Valley area around Cincinnati, OH which is definitley not the deep south,but is also home to a recent rend of cross burnings which lead to several arrests, so it is time for the discussion of Race and Racism in america to move beyond the shadows of history and into the present. Fetishizing the former propagandanistic images of Jim Crow without talking about the real locations of division in the country is merely an academic exercise.
After the First Week of the new season we see a lot of that placement. But in most magazines we don't really have journalism, but entertainment. I see ti as a problem when it is supposed to be a "news magazine" as opposed to "Ladies Home Journal" or "Flex"
"Demonstrating against the practice of product placement in TV programs, a group of protestors armed with Writers Guild of America West literature disrupted the Madison & Vine session of Advertising Week at New York University's Skirball Center in Greenwich Village this morning," Advertising Age reports. Ad Age owns the Madison & Vine program, which focuses on the "emerging business of mixing advertisements into various kinds of entertainment and journalistic content including TV programs, movies, radio shows, Web sites, video games magazines and other media."
After the First Week of the new season we see a lot of that placement. But in most magazines we don't really have journalism, but entertainment. I see ti as a problem when it is supposed to be a "news magazine" as opposed to "Ladies Home Journal" or "Flex"
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