msmith198025
December 11th, 2009, 12:33 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1028
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."
The "Of Color" section was compiled by African American reporter Simone S. Oliver and can be found inside the "Style & Travel" section of the 2009 Gift Guide. Its contents include:
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."
The "Of Color" section was compiled by African American reporter Simone S. Oliver and can be found inside the "Style & Travel" section of the 2009 Gift Guide. Its contents include: