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(116,464 posts) Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:11 PM Feb 2013

Bloomberg Businessweek Regrets Cover Slammed As Racist

Bloomberg Businessweek Regrets Cover Slammed As Racist

The editor of Bloomberg Businessweek on Thursday gave a quasi-apology for the magazine's cover this week, which has been slammed as racist for its depictions of minorities. The cover shows a cartoon depiction of black and latino homeowners swiming in cash with the tagline: "The Great American Housing Rebound: Flips. No-look bids. 300 percent returns. What could possibly go wrong?"

From Politico:

"Our cover illustration last week got strong reactions, which we regret," Josh Tyrangiel, the magazine's editor, wrote in a statement sent to POLITICO. "Our intention was not to incite or offend. If we had to do it over again we'd do it differently."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/bloomberg-businessweek-regrets-cover-slammed-as-racist

Clearly, the message is that minorities are living large and are responsible for the financial crisis.

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Bloomberg Businessweek Regrets Cover Slammed As Racist (Original Post) ProSense Feb 2013 OP

The newest RW meme against minorities is very obvious this week. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #1

As a caucasian, I'm so sick of this crap. These are not mistakes or "jokes"..How old are these monmouth3 Feb 2013 #2

what if a black publication did a cartoon portraying Jewish journalists Enrique Feb 2013 #3

dixiegrrrrl

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1. The newest RW meme against minorities is very obvious this week.

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:19 PM

Feb 2013

Scalia dutifully spit out his talking point, now Bloomberg joins the fray.

Absolutely NO way to mis-interpret that cover, and NO way to have created it "by mistake".

Fortunately, most sane people know not to lend credence to both bigots.