Jeanette Bennett of Utah Valley Magazine has finally responded to the buzz generated by her controversial headline recently. Turns our Bennett is the editor who was responsible for writing the headline "Women of Color" beneath a photo of her all-white staff dressed in colorful outfits. Here’s her letter, and it’ pretty awful:
She knows what it’s like to be black:
Although I’m not a minority in my valley, I’m a religious minority in the United States. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we are headline news in 2012. The media have published a mix of accurate and inflammatory articles about what we believe. Having Mitt as a member has elevated the interest level and the attacks toward our church. So in a small way, I can understand minority groups feeling misunderstood and misrepresented by the media.
She only wants to be able to sit at the black lunch counter like everybody else.
I’m hoping readers can see that my recent article and photo weren’t intended to demean black women. If anything, we are saying we WANT to be women of color. Can we be part of your group? Can we sit at your lunch table?