From this article:
"Ms. Davis grew up in Rowan County, and never lived anywhere else. It is hilly Appalachian country, with a nearly all-white population, home to sawmills, lumber companies and mobile homes. Morehead, the county seat, is full of churches and fast-food restaurants. The poverty rate is just below 29 percent. And a steady government salary is a prized thing..."
The authors leave out the following: Morehead is home to Morehead State University. Enrollment: 10,654. Why do they leave that out?
To leave out the largest employer in a municipality--a public university with an enrollment of 10,654, no less--is a significant omission.
Could it be that anything more than "nearly all-white population", "mobile homes" and "churches and fast food restaurants" would not fit the narrative that the authors are trying to convey to the public? If somebody in Beverly Hills, CA refused to issue marriage licenses would we not hear that story because a setting like Beverly Hills, CA does not fit the narrative?
"Ms. Davis grew up in Rowan County, and never lived anywhere else. It is hilly Appalachian country, with a nearly all-white population, home to sawmills, lumber companies and mobile homes. Morehead, the county seat, is full of churches and fast-food restaurants. The poverty rate is just below 29 percent. And a steady government salary is a prized thing..."
The authors leave out the following: Morehead is home to Morehead State University. Enrollment: 10,654. Why do they leave that out?
To leave out the largest employer in a municipality--a public university with an enrollment of 10,654, no less--is a significant omission.
Could it be that anything more than "nearly all-white population", "mobile homes" and "churches and fast food restaurants" would not fit the narrative that the authors are trying to convey to the public? If somebody in Beverly Hills, CA refused to issue marriage licenses would we not hear that story because a setting like Beverly Hills, CA does not fit the narrative?