In seeking to discuss the rebound of the country’s housing market, Bloomberg Businessweek
became part of its own story today — through its controversial cover.
It wasn’t long before the magazine was accused of crossing the line with
a “racist” portrayal of the issue.
The cover stands out not only for its caricatures of blacks and Hispanics, Ryan Chittum asserted at CJR,
but because “there are only people of color in it, grabbing greedily
for cash.” Questioning how the art made it through the editorial
process, Chittum went on to detail the issue he took with the approach,
noting that the “narrative of the crash on the right has been the
blame-minority-borrowers line, sometimes via dog whistle, often via
bullhorn.”
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