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Black Liberal Blogger: WashPost Wrong on Hand-Wringing on Diversity |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 2:06 pm |
| Tags: liberals amp amp democrats, political groups, jose antonio vargas, online media, blogs, mother jones, washington post, journalistic issues |
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The Washington Post's Jose Antonio Vargas reported in the August 6 paper about worries in the Yearly Kos crowd that the liberal blogosphere is too white and too male. Critiquing that August 6 article, Jack Turner of "Jack & Jill Politics" disagreed with Vargas' assessment that every attendee at YearlyKos was wringing his or her hands about how to "diversify" the attendance.: "Everyone" didn't agree it was a problem. Jane Hamsher, who was among those of us interviewed, pointedly remarked that she didn't see a large problem. I'd characterize her position as "if you write it, they will come." Her point seemed to be that all will be included in the discussion if they write, write, write. In fact, her interview in a recent Mother Jones article makes her viewpoint quite clear: MJ: Do you think that women are adequately represented in the blogosphere? JH: On the whole, it is men who read blogs. But I think it's a meritocracy. My blog has a much [ Full article ] |
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