Ebony Magazine's four-cover September issue, and Conservative reactions to it.

[browngirl]

This is honestly entertaining, and a note to myself to buy a copy of Ebony this September.

Ebony Magazine's September issue will have four assorted covers honoring Trayvon Martin and addressing the national debate sparked by his death and his killer's exoneration. Conservatives are displeased (see links here and here, as I'm not linking to them. See also "Don't White People Kill Each Other, Too?" for an answer to the most commonly cited reason given for why we shouldn't care about the open season that has been declared on Black youth. But I digress.)

Ebony responded to their detractors:


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As various news outlets have humorlessly rushed to inform us, there is no actual boycott (yet), though the comment from the Breitbart article is a good example of what we're up against.

At any rate, when next I have a little spending money I shall buy a copy of Ebony.

Comments

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

The Ebony tweet is genius as well as no doubt being the truth ...

[sethg]

I assume some Teahadis are reading the African-American press, if only to keep tabs on their opposition and to be on the lookout for a few sentences that would sound shocking out of context.

[elynross.livejournal.com]

That response is AWESOME.

[capra-maritimus.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful tweet. :D

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

I'm tempted to buy a copy of Ebony just to support them, and I rarely buy physical media anymore

[valkyrwench.livejournal.com]

I shared and reshared that tweet all over the place yesterday - it was genius.

[ron_newman]

I love that tweet.

I'm not sure how easy it is to find this magazine on local newsstands. If I come across one, should I get you a copy? (I'm likely to visit a neighborhood on Saturday where it may be easier to find than it is locally.)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*blushes* That's really sweet and generous of you, but it's not necessary. Thank you, though.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

one of the most wry and awesome tweets ever :)

[vass]

*snort* Yeah.

Black Twitter has been all over this one. "White people are boycotting WHAT?"

May it increase Ebony's sales.

[berreh.livejournal.com]

ahaha, that tweet. :D

[jilesa.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing the tweet (for its sheer awesomeness) and for the story you linked to.

That's one of the most cogent and thoughtful pieces I've ever read about the misconceptions U.S. society has about black-on-black violence. I'll be committing bits of it to memory to pull out when conversing with some of my local peer group about crime in my city.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

That is marvelous.

Ebony is or was available at the newsstands in Harvard Square, I think; I know I have bought it there when I knew they had profiles of, or stories by, friends and other people I admire.