A question of race; an answer of passion
A bit of context the letter writers omitted from this letter. The photograph of BC Coach Skinner was 3.5 inches by 3.75 inches and was played in the lower right hand corner of the page. This photograph was the dominant image on the page, taking up 9.5 inches by 12 inches of space.
A day earlier, this photo of State Coach Herb Sendek was the dominant image on the page.
The expression of the main characters in all three photos could be interpreted as a bit crazed in another setting. But on a basketball court one person's wild-eyed lunacy is another's competitive passion. And they are all strong, expressive photographs, capturing emotions that TV watchers saw during their games.
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I'm just glad you didn't print a picture of Coach K kissing someone.
Posted on March 17, 2006 11:47 AM
Did you ever think your blog would be a place that you could bring up, discuss, dismiss, and converse about racism? Even though this case is a head-shaker, Allen's and your blog are certainly raising the discourse about this subject, whether or not folks agree with you, they have a place to talk somewhat safely behind keyboards (not a bad place to *start*).
Did you EVER think this would be an ongoing online discussion when you visioned the effort?
Posted on March 17, 2006 12:08 PM
Actually, it very quickly became apparent that discussions of race and politics were going to be the hot buttons on the blogs, which makes sense.
I hope you're right about raising the discourse. What interests me the most are the commenters who'd prefer we (the paper) never raised the racial issue at all.
Posted on March 18, 2006 8:55 AM