Black-Asian tensions in Baltimore: A misleading distraction
Black-Asian tensions in Baltimore: A misleading distraction
- May 1, 2015
- Jennifer Lee, sociology professor, is quoted by CNN and CBS 2 May 1, 2015
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From CNN:
Jennifer Lee, sociology professor at University of California, Irvine … notes, "the
mainstream media continues to pit minority groups against one another to draw attention
from larger structural problems that plague poor, disadvantaged communities. By directing
our attention to interminority conflict, it directs blame away from the structures
that perpetuate gross inequality and toward individual problems."
For the full story, please visit http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/01/opinions/yang-asians-black-baltimore/index.html.
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