Welfare Fraud
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While walking my dog one evening, I had an interesting verbal confrontation with a young black man. He strongly felt that the white media were on a crusade to demean the black race here and abroad. My counter-arguments fell on deaf ears and I walked away terribly shaken by this discussion.
The next day, when I read The Times, I was appalled, outraged and hurt to see on the front page of the Metro section, “8 Arrested In Probe of Welfare Fraud,” and of the eight arrested the two black suspects were pictured in living color.
What type of a message does this send to your readers, some of whom will not read the entire article? Those who do will question why the two who gained less from their accused charge should have their pictures on the front page.
EUGENE KNOX
Los Angeles
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