New York Times raises eyebrows with gift guide for people 'of color'

Yahoo ^ | Dec 10, 2009

[ConservativeStatement]

A new addition to the New York Times annual Holiday Gift Guide has sparked a minor uproar after a blog devoted to critiquing the paper termed it "racist." Included in this year's guide, which was published in November, is a page titled "Of Color/Stylish Gifts." This first-time feature is described by the paper as "gifts created for and by people of color." After going virtually unnoticed by critics for a month, the guide's been widely slammed in the past week as a collection of "backhanded insults" which are "bordering on offensive" and "out of touch."

[Texas Eagle]

"Critics of the Times tend to do this -- they tend to attack something niche-y as if it was formulated and written by The White Powers that Be at the paper, like they're pushing some fetishized version of how black people think and what they would want."

Since you bring it up...how many Black Powers That Be are there at The Slimes?

[Interesting Times]

I can’t begin to imagine what Iowahawk is going to do with this one...

[two23]

"This first-time feature is described by the paper as "gifts created for and by people of color."

There, now you can be an informed non-customer.

[MplsSteve]

“I work in an industry that is jam-packed with liberals, and they are unbelievably racist. Their racism operates on the assumption that they are universally smarter than everyone “of color” because they know what’s best for them, and they also have absurd double standards.

None of this is news to any of you, of course, but imagine if minorities would wake up and realize how the left exploits them...”

How incredibly accurate your post is. I live in a upper middle class area of the city of Minneapolis. This area is chock full of bleeding heart, guilt-ridden, co-op shopping, Obama-voting, over-educated white liberals.

The people in this area seem quite disdainful of minorities as a whole.

[2ndDivisionVet]

[sthguard]

I have no real comment on the story (other than to confirm that liberals are much more likely to be patronizing racists than conservatives), but just wanted to say that this is the biggest percentage of zapped posts I’ve ever seen on a FR thread. Seems I missed the fun.

[sthguard]

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/full-list-of-stuff-white-people-like/

;-)

[uglybiker]

[digger48]

dang! gotta be one of the top "comment removed by moderator" threads in recent history

[Isabel C.]

This first-time feature is described by the paper as "gifts created for and by people of color."

Since all races, including whites, have color, the phrase "people of color" should refer to everybody.

[nralife]

“dang! gotta be one of the top “comment removed by moderator” threads in recent history “

It looked like a coordinated attack to make FR look bad. The OP posted this thread, then came flying in all sorts of garbage gift graphics and comments.

[Hexenhammer]

wow, I don't think I've ever seen so many "Comment #x Removed by Moderator" before in one thread.

[freekitty]

That’s obvious. I wonder when people of color will wake up and discover they are being used.

[TChad]

"Critics of the Times tend to do this -- they tend to attack something niche-y as if it was formulated and written by The White Powers that Be at the paper, like they're pushing some fetishized version of how black people think and what they would want."

The NYT isn't patronizing toward blacks, it's just compassionate.

[freekitty]

I would be so embarrased if the people I thought were helping me are continually pointing out how inferior they really think I am.

[Yogafist]

LOL, poor moderators have their hands full on this one.

[Charles Martel]

[Gator113]

That’s quite an improvement for the little guy. LOL