When Activists Forget to be PC
From the Los Angeles Times:
A ban on panhandling near downtown Atlanta’s tourist attractions was approved by the City Council on Monday, despite hundreds of protesters who called the measure an attack on the poor. The council had been considering the ban all summer at the urging of downtown merchants who said parts of Atlanta were so overrun with aggressive beggars that business was suffering. But the plan — approved 12 to 3 — sparked opposition from activists for the poor and civil rights groups, who complained the ban would unfairly affect black males.
Aren’t the activists guilty of racial stereotyping? Can you imagine the clamor if a conservative said this exact same thing?
More on being politically correct and stupid (since the two go so well together).
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