“Another thing I don’t like: The thrust of the piece seems to be that white people are afraid to talk about race because black people have made them feel uncomfortable talking about race. Therefore we can’t solve problems in the city, because a conversation is impossible. The implication is that this is black people’s fault. Beyond the way this argument turns the reality of racism and segregation on its head, it just baffles me on a practical level: I don’t get why you’d devote 6,000 words or whatever (the story is really long) to explaining why it’s difficult to have a conversation when you could just go and have the conversation.” by

Criticism of Philly Mag’s “Being White in Philly”: Doesn’t Make Sense as Journalism | The Philly Post

Jason Fagone of The Philly Post confronts the laziness of a particular cover story on race.