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Originally Posted by Bwanajim
15 years ago, the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel quit printing the race of a suspect. I spoke to the assistant editor who happened to be black. He said it would stereotype Black people I said, do you print if suspect is a male or female? Do you put the color of the car involved in the crime? Would not answer me.
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1. Your memory is flawed.
2. The phrase "happen to be black" makes your assistant editor's race incidental, as though it doesn't really matter. If it didn't matter, you wouldn't have mentioned it.
3. He probably wouldn't answer you because he never told you that, because it just isn't true.
4. The "Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel" isn't a thing. It's called the South Florida Sun Sentinel, and it serves the greater Ft. Lauderdale area.
This is from this past November:
Man accused of murdering ex-girlfriend who reported him
There's a photograph of the guy who was arrested. The Sun Sentinel isn't trying to hide his race.