http://guanabee.com/2008/11/should-ethnicity-be-included-in-news-stories/ Spicy Coverage: Gossip, media, culture and lifestyle for Latinos. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:05:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://guanabee.com/2008/11/should-ethnicity-be-included-in-news-stories/#comment-18480 elcid66 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:49:39 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=5396#comment-18480 Most welfare recipients are gringos, yet you almost never see dumb, lazy, druggie southerners in news stories having to do with welfare use or illegitimate births. Most welfare recipients are gringos, yet you almost never see dumb, lazy, druggie southerners in news stories having to do with welfare use or illegitimate births.

]]> http://guanabee.com/2008/11/should-ethnicity-be-included-in-news-stories/#comment-18479 Valerie Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:59:08 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=5396#comment-18479 At my company, if you say "the guy with black hair, about 5'8" tall that drives a white truck" you would be guessing 500 of our workers. If you say "the asian guy with black hair and about 5'8 who drives a white truck", I'll know you are talking about Mike, our 1 and only male asian at work. I work construction btw. I think it's ok to say that. At my company, if you say “the guy with black hair, about 5′8″ tall that drives a white truck” you would be guessing 500 of our workers. If you say “the asian guy with black hair and about 5′8 who drives a white truck”, I’ll know you are talking about Mike, our 1 and only male asian at work. I work construction btw. I think it’s ok to say that.

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