FEEDBACK
I am writing to share feedback I have on two articles in the 8/28 issue of Good Times.
I believe both the Beach Party Shut Down and Grabbing Attention articles had racist undertones that should be prevented in future articles.
In the Beach Party Shut Down article, it seems very unnecessary to state the race of the person who was allegedly responsible for the shooting. The fact that it was a Black man adds no value to the overall point of the story and only enforces the stereotype of Black men being a danger to society.
In Grabbing Attention the quote from John Kyle about the intersection stating “it reminds me of back in the day, when I used to go to Mexico and it’s a free for all.” This doesn’t add a lot of value to the story and again enforces stereotypes of Mexico being unorganized and a lawless land.
My intent is to call out how these two articles are enforcing negative stereotypes to a predominately white audience and encourage the team to edit articles with that in mind to prevent this from happening in the future.
Lisa Colombo
ONLINE COMMENTS
RE: Keanu Reeves at the Catalyst
Dogstar was so fantastic! Keanu was super humble and was obviously enjoying himself playing music. I didn’t think I could admire him more. Great band! The sound system was good – better than a recent concert I saw at another local venue.
Also, it was my first time at the Catalyst in a long time and it was great. Staff were all really cool. Down side was the poor ventilation and the bathroom was atrocious, but I guess it’s to be expected??
Monica Nociolla/Facebook
Your town might be cool but not as cool as Keanu bringing his band to a club in Santa Cruz.
Helen Andrea Hudson/Facebook
Love that he came to our 831 & he and his band mates rocked the house !!!
Michelle Frias/Facebook
That is an icon club when you get to that stage you have made it
Roger Boucher/Facebook
CORRECTION
The article “Lords of Vance” (Sept. 4) contained an error. Garry Tan did not “applaud the Chilean dictator Pinochet’s tactic of throwing political enemies out of helicopters.” That was instead Tan supporter Lee Edwards, who Tweeted this earlier this year. Edwards has since walked the comment back, saying on April 12 “this was supposed to be a sarcastic shitpost.”
Nonetheless, in May of this year, Tan—who, as mentioned in the article, has come to play a major role in San Francisco politics—“liked” a Tweet that contained an image of a masked man aiming a rifle at Oakland Mayor and Hmong woman Sheng Tao.
X has since blocked visibility of who likes posts.
