To the Fauquier Times: Received in the mail your complimentary 2023 calendar featuring pictures of Fauquier residents and events over the years. I paged from the cover through all 12 months, between 100 and 200 people pictured all told I would think, and guess what? Not one single Black face. Come on, people, this is 2023. Far past time for our local newspaper to be pretending that the Black community here simply does not exist. For shame!
You owe the Black community a public apology. Or even better, may I suggest: Re-do and de-distribute your 2023 calendar, picturing as well some of our Black citizens participating in and making their contributions to civic life here.
Harvey and Ellen Ussery
Hume
Editor’s note: No excuses. This oversight is on us and we do apologize. We pledge to do better.
I haven’t seen the calendar. Was it just black faces you were looking for? Did you look for Asians, Hispanics, those from the Middle East…? I’m disappointed that there weren’t any unicorns.
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They are also being excluded by the one or two white BLM protesters in Warrenton.
To the Usserys:
I haven’t seen the calendar. Was it just black faces you were looking for? Did you look for Asians, Hispanics, those from the Middle East…? I’m disappointed that there weren’t any unicorns.
Just curious.
At least you got a complimentary (?!) calendar…
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