... regardless of the side on which you live. and that's why, as always, i take offense when reporters use the easy-out phrase "wrong side of the anacostia" to describe the neighborhood of a person who may not have had the same opportunities as someone from the east side of the potomac.
that's what happened in this piece about a kid from southeast dc - a recent high school graduate from an intact family on his way to the university of arizona with a stop along the way as a summer intern at the white house. all i can say is why???
why this random phrase in the middle of an otherwise straightforward piece about a district kid who's getting the chance of a lifetime - irrespective of his address? is it so that all the rest of us will say - oh okay, i get it - he's special because he's from one of those neighborhoods?
so frustrating!
09 August 2009
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ridiculously annoying. thanks for pointing this out.
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