Bloomberg Businessweek Should Explain How Its Racist Cover Got Selected And Published

[mollywobbles867]

To highlight a story about the return of dangerous, pre-crash practices to the housing market, Bloomberg Businessweek decided to publish a cover that didn’t just blame consumers rather than lenders for the rise of subprime lending and the treatment of mortgages as a way to get access to cash, but specifically portrayed consumers of color (and

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[bnmc2005]

OH. MY. GOD.

D:

[cinnamontoast]

It's right up there with "I'm sorry that your face got in the way of my fist."

And, you're right, they would do it again. The media stirs up shit and calls it 'controversy'. No, it's not actually controversial, it's just racist. Civilized folks settled the 'controversy' over shit like this a long time ago.

[silmaril]

What in the entire world of what is that cover.

[moonshaz]

Gross. This is just plain fucking GROSS.