This tactic effectively intimidates the white “majority” community. You are damned no mater what you do. This is especially the case if you are a Republican. There is an interesting story about the white man in Denver making a joke about the White House needing a new name if Barack Obama is elected president. This is utterly ridiculous. Blacks make humorous remarks like this all the time. Nobody would describe it as racist. The politically correct establishment has declared war on whites. This silliness must be quickly addressed to prevent the empowering of racists like David Duke.

Another is how uncommon the occurrence is, whether it’s “man bites dog” (possibly yes) or “dog bites man” (probably no, unless the dog is a pit bull, and the person bitten is a child, or an adult who dies).

But specifically with regard to coverage of murders, it’s a double bind forced on the media by “activists.” If the media give more attention to white victims or killers, they claim it’s because the editors are white racists who think the lives of people of color are less valuable. If the media give equal attention to all murders, then the picketers are out marching with their signs accusing editors of being white racists who want to emphasize everything that’s bad in minority communities.

As long as crime rates are actually different, there’s no way to balance these competing demands for “fairness.”