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Barbara Golden: Media coverage of block party shows covert racism at work in Madison

….According to news reports, there were more than 300 citations issued during that weekend, with more being planned. Also, anyone observing video coverage could see that whites greatly outnumbered blacks and other people of color during the party. Then why is it that the face of “misbehavior” at the block party is black and that of a UW athlete? Is there some other agenda at work here? I ask the question for rhetorical purposes only, because I strongly believe the answer is yes.