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10. The conventional caption would have been, "Jordan Subban, (center)"

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 07:42 PM

Sep 2014

They already said middle so the duffus who wrote the copy went out of his/her way to be stupid.

I'm betting he/she is now a former employee.

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Vancouver Sun apologizes for racial insensitive caption [View all] ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2014 OP

that's the type of employees they hire samsingh Sep 2014 #1

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2014 #2

White stright dudes rule n/t arcane1 Sep 2014 #3

Dang, black guys can ice skate? trof Sep 2014 #5

Having worked on a copy desk, I can see how this might have happened. Brickbat Sep 2014 #6

It's unfortunate, but it certainly could have been far, far, worse. AverageJoe90 Sep 2014 #7

"Insensitive" isn't the word I'd use rocktivity Sep 2014 #8

how would they have described it if he was white ? JI7 Sep 2014 #9

The conventional caption would have been, "Jordan Subban, (center)" Monk06 Sep 2014 #10

except maybe that center is a position in the game Enrique Sep 2014 #11

As well as apologizing, the Vancouver Sun has tweeted rocktivity Sep 2014 #13