Ebony editor: 'The extremists are the ones with the megaphone'

[Newsjock]

Source: Poynter Institute

When a Florida jury pronounced George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin on July 13, Ebony magazine Editor-in-Chief Amy Barnett had to cope with two surprises.

... What Barnett eventually did, was scramble her staff to pull together an 18-page look at the issues raised by the verdict, including four separate cover shots featuring Martin’s parents and their surviving son, along with NBA star Dwayne Wade, filmmaker Spike Lee and actor Boris Kodjoe — each posing with their sons in gray, hooded sweatshirts to symbolize the “hoodie” Martin wore the night of his death.

The headline on each: “We are Trayvon” (excepting the cover featuring Martin’s parents, which reads: “We are all Trayvon.”)

... Asked how she felt about those who might consider the magazine’s stand unfair to Zimmerman, Barnett replied quickly.

“I’m not really concerned about that,” she noted. “Ebony is serving as a hub for all thoughtful people who want to discuss these issues…Unfortunately, given the way social media works, the extremists are the ones with the megaphone. But I’m proud of the fact that Ebony magazine was able to react quickly as it did.”

Read more: http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/220859/ebony-editor-the-extremists-are-the-ones-with-the-megaphone

[pennylane100]

1. What an obscene question to ask.

A man who hunted down and killed a young boy because he was black and wearing a hoodie had just gotten away with murder. Who was the moron that asked that question.

[JustAnotherGen]

7. Yeah

I'm a subscriber. Rest assured the women that buy/subscribe to Ebony could give a good god damn if they are being fair to Zimmie.

When Brietfart retracts everything they ever wrote about Ms Sherrod, Mr Jones, and ACORN then I'll send a letter to the editor of Ebony. It's not going to happen though.

[Cha]

2. Fuck the killer.

Good on Amy Barnett!



http://www.democraticunderground.com/110213310

[CakeGrrl]

4. +1000

What "fairness" is owed to Zimmy the profiling murderer?

[JustAnotherGen]

5. +1

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. +1. Outstanding!

[JustAnotherGen]

3. That's a great article

Thanks for posting. At the end of the day the people who will not like what Ebony has written can't touch them. All that is going to do is make sure I renew my subscription early.

What's Michelle Malkin going to? Ask all of us black women that follow her to boycott Argan Oil? Not gonna happen! Conservative America (white) is going to have to go scratch on this one.

[millennialmax]

6. "I’m not really concerned about that."

[Cha]

10. Exactly.

[sheshe2]

8. K&R! nt