Critical Race Theory now official Main Stream News policy in Baltimore? Ignores reality?

Published February 18, 2022 8:18pm EST

Baltimore Sun editorial board apologizes for paper's past racism in its 185-year history

"The Sun printed a lengthy list of its 'offenses' over the years

"…Throughout its 185 years, The Baltimore Sun has served an important role in Maryland: uncovering corruption, influencing policy, informing businesses and enlightening communities. But legacies like ours are often complicated. We bore witness to many injustices across generations, and while we worked to reverse many of them, some we made worse," the editorial board began in its address to readers. "Instead of using its platforms, which at times included both a morning and evening newspaper, to question and strike down racism, TheBaltimore Sunfrequently employed prejudice as a tool of the times. Itfed the fear and anxiety of white readers with stereotypes and caricatures that reinforced their erroneous beliefs about Black Americans."

"Through its news coverage and editorial opinions, The Sun sharpened, preserved and furthered the structural racism that stillsubjugates Black Marylanders in our communities today. African Americans systematically have been denied equal opportunity and access in every sector of life— including health care, employment, education, housing, personal wealth, the justice system and civic participation.They have been refused the freedom to simply be,without the weight of oppression on their backs. For this, we are deeply ashamed and profoundly sorry," the board continued.

… "The Sun also touted the "steps" it has taken to right wrongs, including thelaunch of a "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion reporting team," "developing a cultural competency style guide" and "forming outreach committees"to improve representation of Balimore residents.

…"Our approachtoday, unlike that of the country’s ‘colorblind’ eraof the 1980s and ‘90s,is to ACTIVELY SEE THE DIFFERENCES among usand work to understand: why they exist, what they mean to whom and why, whether they’re real or perceived, and whether they should be honored or struck down," the board wrote. "Pretending we were all the same never worked, because it ignored the fact that we’re not all given the same opportunities to succeed or fail on our merits;some are privileged, others are oppressed.Refusing to recognize that only prolonged difficult conversations and much-needed soul-searching, dooming more generations to repeat the cycle."

"As journalists, as the Fourth Estate,we at the paper have a public responsibility to confront and illuminate societal ills so that they can be addressed and eradicated. On race, The Sun’s history is one we’re not proud to share, and we should warn you that it’s offensive to read," the board added. "But addressing one’s wrongs begins by acknowledging them. While we’ve taken great pains to highlight the paper’s righteous actions through the years, and there have been many, we have yet to shine a light on our dark corners — until today. This accounting is most certainly incomplete. Nevertheless, we hope that by revealing some of our institution’s past injustices, we will step closer to truly providing, as our masthead says, ‘Light for All."

"Baltimore Sun publisher and editor-in-chief Trif Alatzas issued his own statementaddressing the paper's mea culpa.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/baltimore-sun-apologizes-racism

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AND YET: During Obama's presidency, a self-described Black activist, then anAssistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton Universitywrote:

"Today, we have MORE Black elected officials in the United States THAN AT ANY OTHER POINT in American history.Yet for the vast majority of Black people, life has changed very little.Black elected officials have largely governed in the same way as their white counterparts, reflecting all of the racism, corruption and policies favoring the wealthy seen throughout mainstream politics.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/baltimore-riots-black-politicians

and see:

PresidentBarack Obama [African-American]greets Philadelphia MayorMichael Nutter [African-American]while Vice President Joe Biden talks with Baltimore MayorStephanie Rawlings-Blake [African-American]during a reception for the U.S. Conference of Mayors in the Blue Room of theWhite House, Jan. 23, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Rawlings-Blake#/media/File:P012314PS-0387_(13898125408).jpg

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Forgot to cite to actual editorial board piece where Baltimore Sun opinion page appears to be pushing CRT from a news perspective:

https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0220-sun-racial-reckoning-apology-online-20220218-qp32uybk5bgqrcnd732aicrouu-story.html

Brazen manipulation out in the open (from 2020):

We Can Convince Mask Holdouts by Using the Right Messages and Messengers

By Hannah Kemp

July 20, 2020 at 5:00 am ET

.. We need to take a step back and ask,Who are these holdouts, and how do we persuade them?

It’s easy to dismiss mask-wearing as a partisan issue: The same Pew poll found nearly 76 percent of Democrats reported wearing masks to the store, versus 53 percent of Republicans. Yet focusing solely on politics overlooks the half of Republicans who are wearing masks, and the quarter of Democrats who are not. …

[Re social distancing compliance]:

Our study identifiedfour types of “social distancers,”each motivated by different behavioral drivers. The group who had the lowest rate of social distancing had a trifecta of low risk perception, low perceptions of community norms and little belief that their actions could impact the spread. The good news about this finding is thatit’s relatively easy to change these perceptions, while changing more in-grained beliefs like political views is much more difficult.

It all comes down toleveraging behavioral science principleswith three key messages:

Emphasize that “everyone is doing it.” Instead of continuing to cover “Costco Karen” or Sen. Ted Cruz and others who don’t wear masks in public, media outlets and public figures should give more airtime to the many who do wear masks. Our social media platforms can also help. For example, Instagram’s “Stay Home” filter was immensely successful inshowcasing the popularity of social distancing;brands like Instagram and others should take asimilar approach with ‘Wear a Mask.’

Businesses and community organizationscan do their part, too, with simple approaches such as adding signage and including important messages about wearing masksin their own marketing materials.Communityleaders must also consistently model mask-wearing behavior,as research shows a person’s perception of the norms within their community influences their own actions.

Focus on what happens if you don’t wear a mask…what happens to people who contract COVID-19 after not wearing masks and the physical, emotional, financial and other kinds of tolls it can take.

..They can be convinced,through stories shared by the media and public health officials abouthow a single person can transmit the virus to so many othersorsimple graphics showing the exponential impact of COVID spread.

To be sure, some of these approaches are indeed being used, but our research uncovered another important lesson:information channels and messengers matter.We found that the type of person least likely to adopt preventive behaviors is generally not looking for information on how to stay safe.This type of person is more likely to be male and lean Republican. We must tap into messengers that this group— which presumably has some overlap with the proportion of Americans currently holding out on mask-wearing — can relate to.

Thetrending hashtag #realmenwearmasks,andPresident Donald Trump’s recent mask-wearing photo opare positive examples, but more of this needs to happen. And in addition to politicians,we need non-traditional messengers, including country music stars, Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters, religious leaders and popular personalities like Joe Rogan to do their part.

If we are going to get those holdouts – that remaining one-third of Americans – to start to, and keep, wearing masks for the foreseeable future, we must double our efforts. This includes critical mask mandates and free masks for the public. These policies can be complemented with targeted interventions to specific segments of the population like those we found. And we will only be successful by using the right messages with the right messengers.

Author: Hannah Kemp is director of programs at Surgo Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-basednonprofitthat =uses behavioral science, data science and artificial intelligence= to improve and save lives.