[Ads-l] Off topic? Corey Jones and Doonesbury

[Joel Berson]

>From the NYTimes, online:

Police Killing of Corey Jones, a Black Drummer, in Florida Is Investigated.
By CHRISTINE HAUSER and FRANCES ROBLES  OCT. 20, 2015 


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/21/us/police-killing-of-corey-jones-a-black-drummer-in-florida-is-investigated.html?_r=0

"The 31-year-old drummer for the church was killed by a police officer in Palm Beach Gardens." [picture caption]


Eerily, starting Oct. 12 "Doonesbury" has been re-running a 1985 series on the treatment of and attitudes towards blacks in Palm Beach.


Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.


Joel

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