Did The Week Cover Just Turn White Bombing Suspects Brown?

Gawker's Cord Jefferson says he's feeling "sort of in the dark" about an illustration of the Boston bombing suspects on the cover the The Week magazine that shows them looking, well, to use the terminology of the infamous CNN slipup, relatively "dark-skinned." Suggested Reading How Tina Knowles Schooled Folks Hating on Beyoncรฉ For Singing the…

Gawker's Cord Jefferson says he's feeling "sort of in the dark" about an illustration of the Boston bombing suspects on the cover the The Week magazine that shows them looking, well, to use the terminology of the infamous CNN slipup, relatively "dark-skinned."

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Jefferson's take on the publication's perspective: "If the terrorists won't do us the courtesy of being brown, no matter โ€” we'll just make them brown, instead."

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