http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6876/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-takes-sides-front-page-story-gates-race-case <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> In the controversy over Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates&#039;s arrest, the Times tries some mind-reading: &quot;In interviews here and in Atlanta, in Web postings and on television talk shows, blacks and others said that what happened to Professor Gates was a common, if unacknowledged, reality for many people of color. They also said that beyond race, the ego of the police officer probably played a role.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>The Times takes sides in its Friday front-page story on Harvard professor (and Obama friend) Henry Louis Gates's confrontation with Cambridge police sergeant James Crowley, "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/us/24blacks.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all" target="_self">Case Recalls Tightrope Blacks Walk </a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/us/24blacks.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all">With Police - A Professor's Arrest Tests Opinions on Racial Progress</a>." <img src= "http://mrc.org/Timeswatch/stillshots/2006/Gates.jpg" align="right" width="190" height="146" /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-takes-sides-front-page-story-gates-race-case" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch AbbyGoodnough Cambridge Crime HenryLouisGates NewYorkTimes NYTimes police Racism RobbieBrown Sgt.JamesCrowley SusanSaulny TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:51:00 +0000 admin 6975 at http://archive2.mrc.org