We Asked, You Answered: When Should We Call Something 'Racist'?
Always! Never! Sometimes? You had some strong opinions.
"Racist."
Some people hear that word and picture a hood-wearing, cross-burning bigot. Others think more abstractly â they hear racist and think of policies, institutions, laws and language.
As journalists, we're constantly trying to balance the different uses of the term in a way that will make sense to all of our listeners and readers. But in the era of proposed and and "" and "hell in the inner cities," it's getting harder and harder, as one of our listeners put it, not to
