Probably because the floors are really strong. Lead question from a review of a self-help tape in Executive Edge (January 1991): “If dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years, why do so many work in your office?”
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How TV promotes racism, according to Ted Cox’s summary of Robert Entman’s survey of tube crime reporting (Chicago Reporter, January 1991): “When photographs of black suspects were shown on the screen, they were named only 49 percent of the time. Photos of white suspects, however, were identified 65 percent of the time. Black suspects were shown in motion on videotape 52 percent of the time, and whites 66 percent of the time….Thirty-eight percent of all black suspects were shown in physical custody, compared to only 18 percent of all white suspects. Most important, white suspects were much more likely to have their side of the story told. While only 9 percent of all black suspects got their version of events into the news–via a reporter’s interview with suspects, their friends, relatives, or attorneys–19 percent of all white suspects were able to offer some sort of explanation. In fact, 11 percent of all white suspects had two or more people offering support for their defense. Only 2 percent of all black suspects received the same treatment.” The differences hold even if limited to reports of violent crime.
Doctor, I don’t feel well. I’m sick of poverty. Chicago Board of Health president Whitney W. Addington, quoted in Forum (January/ February 1991): “Every single medical problem–infant mortality, TB, measles–can be predicted by socioeconomic status except one, and that’s AIDS, and in the next few years that probably will change also.”
