Last week the Graham family sold off its crown jewel, The Washington Post, to Amazon owner Jeff Bezos but kept its own brainy, digital property Slate.
Not sure if Bezos’ deal comes with free two-day shipping, nor if it was conducted on the internet to avoid any excessive sales tax, but Slate did make news in its own bold way on the diversity front by doing something no major Washington-based media outlet would ever do.
It took a stand on an issue that goes straight to the heart of Washingtonians, and anyone who believes Mark Rypien is a demi-god.
Slate fought racism by making a hard editorial and stylistic decision.
By declaring that it would not utter that insulting name of the Washington football team, Slate essentially, “N-worded” the “R” word, the football team’s racially charged name that rhymes with “porkskins.”
In the future, Slate will refer to the team in the less offensive, and more generic way: The Washington football team, or simply “Washington.”
Slate Editor David Plotz wrote:
