Two Canadian Publications Apologize After Publishing A Photo That Called A Black NHL Player "Dark Guy"
BuzzFeed - Latest 2014-09-24
Summary:
One of the publishers explain what went wrong to BuzzFeed News.
Two Vancouver newspapers, The Vancouver Sun and The Province, are apologizing for publishing a photo caption identifying NHL player Jordan Subban as the "dark guy in the middle."
The publications both used the same photo and caption for their pre-season NHL coverage on Tuesday. In the photo depicting Subban gathering around Vancouver Canucks players, the accompanying description read: "Vancouver Canucks celebrate goal by Jordan Subban (dark guy in the middle) against San Jose Sharks in NHL pre season game at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, B.C., on September 23, 2014."