this issue feel free to say what they think. i think it s impossible to move forward on things if people keep feelings hidden. i m actually, as much as people criticized the piece, i m actually happy to hear that, too. people get to xbres that they think. were you excited when the mayor sent this letter to you? you had to be in a sense. you re trying to get people to talk and be controversial. this has to be a victory for you on some level, doesn t it? well, i mean i was excited in the sense that part of what the mayor said he is wanted the human relations commission in philadelphia to open their own investigation into race in philadelphia. which was exactly the reason we did the story. i was less excite by the fact that the mayor also asked the human relations commission, a portion of the government, to actually rebuke the magazine for having done this story. i find his logic bizarre. he wants to have a conversation yet he wants to rebuke the folks who actually started the convers
mayor said he is wanted the human relations commission in philadelphia to open their own investigation into race in philadelphia. which was exactly the reason we did the story. i was less excite by the fact that the mayor also asked the human relations commission, a portion of the government, to actually rebuke the magazine for having done this story. i find his logic bizarre. he wants to have a conversation yet he wants to rebuke the folks who actually started the conversation. all right. i want to bring in nationally syndicated talk radio show host michael vedvev and camille charles. let me start with you. the magazine editor, tom mcgrath, he said don t blame the messenger. we re trying to have a conversation. do you think the way they conveyed their message though, let s talk about race, was racist? no. i mean, to say let s talk about race is not racist. and, you know, we throw the word racist around sometimes far too easily. i think it was insensitive in