Controversial Article Published In Local Magazine Has Mayor Nutter..........

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Controversial Article Published In Local Magazine Has Mayor Nutter Asking For Investigation

March 15, 2013 7:18 PM

By Mike Dougherty
 
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) –

 A controversial article published in Philadelphia Magazine this month has the attention of the Nutter Administration.

The article, titled “Being White in Philly,” features a series of interviews with anonymous white residents from different areas of the city who share stories about their interaction with black residents.
 
Mayor Nutter calls the article’s tone “disgusting,” and he’s asked the Human Relations Commission to investigate some of the sensitive racial issues explored in the piece.
 
Nutter spokesman Mark McDonald says this is all about fact finding.

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In a statement, Philadelphia Magazine editor Tom McGrath says the mayor, like any reader, is entitled to think and say anything he wants about the article and that the need to have a deeper discussion about race in Philadelphia is exactly why they ran the story in the first place.
 
The full statement from Philadelphia Magazine’s editor Tom McGrath about Mayor Nutter’s letter to the PHRC reads:
 
I applaud the mayor for asking for an inquiry into the state of racial issues in Philadelphia. The need to have a deeper discussion about race in Philadelphia is exactly why we ran our story in the first place.
 
Like any reader, the mayor is entitled to think and say what he wants about the story. That said, his sophomoric statements about the magazine and mischaracterization of the piece make me wonder if he’s more interested in scoring political points than having a serious conversation about the issues. Furthermore, his call for a “rebuke” of the magazine by the PHRC is rich with irony. This is the same mayor who just yesterday was shouted down by an unruly mob in City Council; now he himself wants shut down conversation about an important issue in our city. In short, the mayor loves the First Amendment–as long as he and the government can control what gets said.

Nutter redefines nuttier

[I_B_Perky]

I read the article.  Truth hurts I guess. Typical lib... can't handle the message so they attack the one that imparts it. Yo mayor? I got a question. How about you address the problem in YOUR community instead of attacking someone that shows your failed policies? And yes.. I am talking about the inner city black community. Your community. Does that make me raaaaaacist? If so, fine. Don't care.

What you are Mayor, is a worthless politician. Not a leader. The inner city black community needs leaders. They need someone that will stand up and tell their community that the problem lies WITH THEM. Cosby tried to do it. People like you attacked him relentlessly.

Philly can go the way of Detroit for all I care. Your community can go to hell for all I care. You sowed the seeds of your destruction and I have no sympathy.   

[J P Sousa]

The replies at the end are interesting. 

[Articulate Ape]

Of course the Mayor's reaction to the article rather succinctly illustrates the very point(s) made by the article.  It's almost humorous.