'Under Attack By Us!' - Newspaper crusades against black on black crime (racism, vote)

[uggabugga]

now here's a paper with some guts. kudos to them.

"We are challenging the community to own this problem," says Rod Doss, editor and publisher of the 107-year-old weekly newspaper, which sometimes does an in-depth story on a particular victim but unfailingly updates and reprints its list, including whether anyone has been arrested.

The campaign began almost a decade ago because editors at the Courier simply felt black-on-black killings were not getting the attention they deserved. At first, it met with strong resistance from the paper's readership -- "almost like we were uncovering dirty laundry. Nobody wanted us to talk about it," Doss says.
'Under Attack By Us!' Newspaper crusades against black on black crime | AL.com

[Packard fan]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

now here's a paper with some guts. kudos to them.

'Under Attack By Us!' Newspaper crusades against black on black crime | AL.com

And Mr Doss is right.

[70Ford]

A decade and what has been done.

[DRob4JC]

From the article...

The campaign began almost a decade ago because editors at the Courier simply felt black-on-black killings were not getting the attention they deserved. At first, it met with strong resistance from the paper's readership -- "almost like we were uncovering dirty laundry. Nobody wanted us to talk about it," Doss says.

Slowly, though, that attitude started to change. The number of rallies and vigils increased. Mothers of the dead banded together to try to stop the tragedies. Police were pressured to solve more of the murders.

"People began to understand, we were doing it out of concern for black life," Doss says. "We tried to make the issue that every black life is important."

This is a good thing.

The reason white on black crime, as well as any racism, gets attention is because the lights are continuously shined on these events - while black on black crime remains in the dark - and this is on purpose by the media types. Racism is used as a political tool on the left side of the aisle to increase their vote tallies - so keep shining light on that. Black on black crime serves no purpose to anyone - in fact the less of us the better, in the eyes of many, so let them keep killing themselves.

So yes - shine the light on this so we can face ourselves and hopefully take control and improve our own communities without the need of the Jackson and Sharpton types.