Human Relations Commission disappointed with "Being White in Philly" article
And some people say we don't talk enough about race.
Human Relations Commission disappointed with "Being White in Philly" article
Jenice Armstrong, Daily News Columnist
And some people say we don't talk enough about race. Five years ago today, Pres. Obama gave his famous speech on the topic at the National Constitution Center.
Tonight, the Consitution Center will be host a panel discussion on race, that was prompted by Philadelphia Magazine's controversial March cover story called, "Being White in Philly."
Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Human Relations Commission has sent a letter to Tom McGrath, editor of Philadelphia Magazine, expressing concern about the piece and invited McGrath and his colleagues to attend the commission's next public meeting on April 18 to be held in the Fairmount/Brewerytown area of the city. No location has been determined as of yet.
"Like the mayor and a multitude of other community and faith-based leaders, the PCHR finds the the article's hyperbolic rhetoric serves little to no useful purpose except to offend the city's African American community at large," Rue Landau said in a letter to McGrath. Read the full letter here.
- or Being a Victim in Philly- the republican response. poor republicans are so ineffectual and always being put upon. so sad the cross republicans have to bear.
- anyone see the footage from CPAC of the republican arguing the decency of slavery (with an African American, no less)? when they provided food and shelter. you can't make this stuff up. republicans love slavery. are you guys going to run with this for the national platform in 2016?
It was about 1988 or so when the lightbulb went off inside me head during an Action News broadcast: "Hey, they sure have a lot of murders going on over there". Well, here we are, 2013 and we have special commissions that are designed to harass people for calling the kettle black. Black urban ghettos have turned into something out of "A Clockwork Orange" and the governments that lord over us something out of George Orwell's "1984".
If I were the editor or publisher of Philadelphia Magazine, the first thing I do tomorrow is find a location in Delaware or heaven forbid, New Jersey....- How many more days can theis rag squeeze out of this non-story? I think this has been on this website in some fashion for 5 straight days! Talk about beating a dead horse!— beermoney
- This article demonstrates why committees like these are useless. Regardless of how reckless or baseless the charges are, false claims of racism like those recently uttered by Marion Tasco never seem to catch their attention. Neither do claims of whites even when the claims are valid. The feelings of being stigmatized by race never are addressed when they come from whites. Considering that whites are now the minority in Philly committees and agencies like these need to acknowledge that racism is a two way street. I won't hold my breath. Evidence that claims of black racism are ignored is evidenced by what Attorney General Holder did by dropping the case against the New Black Panthers. If what they did that wasn't racist, nothing is. I guess these committees and agencies only care when blacks and minorities complain based on nothing more than a feeling.— JohnnyB.
- We don't need an article abut race to tell us what we all know. We've got real problems and no one wants to face up to them. The Mayor is in denial if he thinks all is well with race relations in the City, and he shouldn't criticize the author of the article, he should admit that things are bad and do something to address the problems. It starts by acknowledging who commits the crimes in the City and why. Also, he should admit that there are a lot of dangerous people wandering around.— Frankie75
- HRC = Thought Police— ObamaSolyndra
- Mayor Grover got pwnd by Huber. Grover fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Who knew AG Holder was talking about Grover and Philadelphia when he said we are a nation of cowards?— FreddyNits
- Another Armstrong, stir the racial pot, article. Gee, who would have guessed?? Obama giving a "famous speech"?? I must have missed that one. Shucks.— dogman5
- I am disappointed with a mayor who cannot realistically assess what is happening in his own city because he's too concerned with playing race politics instead of solving the city's problems, one of them being race relations. It's sad that Mike Nutter does not represent all residents of Philly. Who's the real racist, Mike? Shame.— DC
- Life could get worse if all good people decide to do nothing. Good people are the majority on all sides.Since all men and women have DNA that is 99.98% the same, let us strive to find what unites and helps each other. Evil is a moral issue and all sides need a spiritual resurrection. If people refuse to build from within the spirit, we will never be able to build within our communities. Wisdom must guide us; not fear.— denjamr
- I don't think people should let "racism" sideline the real topic here and that is Mayor Nutter(the government) wants to punish a man for speaking his mind.— Disaster
Read more from Jenice Armstrong at Earth to Philly, the Daily News blog on anything and everything "Green."
Reach Jenice at armstrj@phillynews.com.
