Attorney General Eric Holder
The Washington Times has an interesting follow on the comments by Attorney General Eric Holder in which there is some speculation that he used the words he did because he knew they would get attention. According to the Times, “more than 1,000 news stories appeared within 24 hours, chronicling both outrage at Mr. Holder’s tone and glee over his Obama-style audacity.”
“If he had made his point in some dull way, everyone would have said, ‘Oh, shut up,’” said Richard Laermer, a Manhattan public relations consultant. “No one could have blogged about it, or ‘twittered’ about it in 140 characters or less. That’s how Americans get information these days. And Holder is right: We don’t talk about race, out of fear we’ll push the wrong buttons.”
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Jean is projects editor at the Post-Dispatch. She is a member of Bridges Across Racial Polarization, a group devoted to creating friendships and fostering communication among racial and cultural groups in the community. After growing up in a small town in Kansas, she lived in Kansas City and Wilmington, Del., before moving to St. Louis in 2004. She and her husband, Dan Wiggs, live in University City. 
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