An Actor’s Skin
- Share via
Washington’s point that there’s more to him than skin color must have completely eluded De Vries, who uses the word black in all but 12 of the article’s 35 paragraphs. And three of those 12 still make reference to race.
Considering Washington’s accomplishments, is his skin color really the only thing she found worth writing about?
I can’t help but wonder if when De Vries interviews DeNiro, Hoffman or Gibson we should expect to see the word white appear in two-thirds of her text.
Every time I think things are getting better. . . .
WAYNE EDWARDS
Burbank
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
The latest effort is coming from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. They just announced a $3 million program in conjunction with some nonprofits groups to test and clean the soil at homes still standing in the areas impacted by the Eaton Fire.
California once bet big on offshore wind to help power its clean-energy future, but the Trump administration is now paying developers billions to walk away from their projects. As California’s remaining offshore-wind leases hang in the balance, the state is fighting back in court.
The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
