Slog - Comments on David Blum Leaves Village Voice http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice Gawker is reporting that David Blum left the Village Voice for "making inappropriate remarks." September to February–that's five months. Long Live the Longest Editor of the Village Voice since it merged with New Times!... Copyright 2008 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:27:09 -0800 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:00:34 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by ryan "white male Jew from the Upper West Side"

It's stupid to include "white" in the description?
People wouldn't imagine someone from African, Asian, Mexican etc. descent if they wrote 'male Jew...'

Ah, the dumbing down of American readers. Sweet, isn't it.

]]> ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653737 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653737 Media Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:55:31 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool There is actually a large population of Ethiopian Jews. Besides, the fact that people feel the need to signify when someone is black but white goes unsaid is an inherently racist part of popular language.

]]> Ari Spool http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653770 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653770 Media Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:16:23 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi the fact that people feel the need to signify when someone is black but white goes unsaid is an inherently racist part of popular language

True, but there probably aren't many Ethiopian Jews from the Upper West Side.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653774 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653774 Media Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:17:54 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I think it was more about "Joe Jones from Flatbush".

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653823 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653823 Media Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:47:14 -0800 Comment by ryan True, keshmeshi, in Toledo or Dallas it's more likely to consider the 'male Jew' to be either white or Ethiopian.

]]> ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653826 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653826 Media Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:50:41 -0800 Comment by Dawn Davenport The Stranger seems to have an obsession with the New Times/Weekly lately on Slog. Why is that?

]]> Dawn Davenport http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653877 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653877 Media Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:44:01 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool Everyone is obsessed with the failures of their competitors.

]]> Ari Spool http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653898 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c653898 Media Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:56:54 -0800 Comment by golob Can anyone explain to me what is so offensive about "Joe Jones from Flatbush" or "white male Jew from the Upper West Side"?

Snarky, yes. But worthy of being fired?

Hell, it's more offensive when this time of year people start asking me for tax advice.

]]> golob http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c654039 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c654039 Media Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:23:56 -0800 Comment by Boomer Wow. There's still a Village Voice? I had no idea, and I live in Manhattan.

]]> Boomer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c654322 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/david_blum_leaves_village_voice#c654322 Media Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:00:34 -0800