K.C. publication aims to provide consistency in covering race and ethnicity

Saturday, July 19, 2008 | 7:01 p.m. CDT; updated 12:17 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The flashpoints are familiar, even worn out: Was race a factor in the prosecution of the black teenagers dubbed the Jena 6 and charged with beating a white teen? Should The New Yorker magazine have satirized stereotypes of race on its cover?

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