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an unnecessary angle in a shooting story?
Just read about a shooting spree in Indianapolis last night in which 10 people were hurt – looked through Google News and noticed most of the headlines included the words, “Indiana Black Expo”.
I question the need to emphasize that these shootings happened in the vicinity of a “Black Expo”. This isn’t the first time media outlets have emphasized that shootings happened near events that are predominantly attended by African-Americans.
Do news outlets need to emphasize the “race angle” when shootings happen at events such as “Black Spring Break” or “Black Homecoming”? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a similar emphasis when shootings happen at events predominantly attended by whites – or Hispanics – or those from other ethnic groups.
It just makes me go, “hmmm” when a crime-related news story trumpets the angle that an incident happened near or at an event predominantly attended by those of a particular ethnic group.
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