"Blacks Don't Read" Hoax
I received a very troubling email today. The title of the essay, Blacks Don't Read, was provocative enough to make even the most illiterate of us pay attention. I read the article and googled the name "Dee Lee" and this is what I found: Regarding the article that is circulating on the Internet, "Blacks Don’t Read", I did not author nor did I read the article in question on the radio. Dr Arthur Lewin of the Black and Hispanics Studies Department at Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York edited this article many years ago and sent it out to a few friends. It has now been around the world. You can reach him at arthur.lewin@baruch.cuny.edu Another Dee Lee supposedly read the article on a Philadelphia radio station during his radio show. Someone along the way found my name and picture on the Internet and added it to the e-mail. This article has been circulating on the Internet for over eight years and over the years many things have been added ...