Kwame Brown Didn’t Like Newsweek’s “Apartheid” Reference, Either
A day after City Desk wrote about Katie Connolly's reference to "apartheid" as D.C.'s "dirty secret" in a post in Newsweek about race, class, and the city's low marriage rate, At-large Councilmember Kwame Brown has weighed in.
"As an elected official in DC, I'm appalled that a reporter at Newsweek would compare our system of government to apartheid," Brown said in a statement. "The article simplified the complex issue of marriage by pitting DC residents against each other and race against race. In fact, District residents are united in our efforts to alleviate poverty, reform our schools and create a city where families thrive. Our only remaining form of oppression comes not from each other but from our lack of full voting representation in Congress. Anyone who's lived in DC should be aware of that dirty little secret."
As we said yesterday, terminology matters.
Ideas? Comments? I’m at eniedowski@washingtoncitypaper.com, and on Twitter.
Comments
Leave a Reply
You can follow any responses to this entry through its comments RSS feed.
Blogs Linking to this Article
-
Linked From: October 23rd, 2009More on Why Words Matter: The Examiner Says D.C. Suburbs Are Becoming “Ghettos” - City Desk - Washington City Paper
3:57 pm[...] it’s been established here, here, and here that terminology matters, it seems worth pointing out the screaming language on the front [...]
-
Linked From: October 23rd, 2009The Week’s Most Popular Blog Posts: Rihanna, Happy Hookers, and “No Homo” Edition - The Sexist - Washington City Paper
4:56 pm[...] 4. D.C. Has Lowest Marriage Rate in Country, Largest Percentage of Same-Sex Couples, in which a quaint little post on the virtues of same-sex marriage inspired accusations of D.C. apartheid. [...]
3:20 pm
Indeed it does though, in this case, the germane terminology is "prospective mayoral candidate".
4:01 pm
Stop sending black DC prisoners to private, for-profit prisons in white states owned by white people, Mr. Brown. Get representation for DC in Congress, Mr. Brown. Until then, apartheid is a proper term.
9:07 pm
Our only remaining form of oppression comes from having a Council full of pandering jackasses like Kwame Brown.
12:54 am
Councilman Brown has the audacity to be upset about a word, but didn't have enough testicular fortitude to vote against Peter Nickles to become AG. Talk about whack.