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Todd Sears, President and Publisher
Omaha World-Herald
1314 Douglas Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68102

Mary E. Junck, Chairman
Lee Enterprises, Inc.
4600 E 53rd Streeet
Davenport, Iowa 52807

No, I’m NOT referring to “all” White people – that’s ridiculous, but only to you racist, stupid-ass White people at the Omaha World Herald. I’ll be very specific.

“Unreal. Unfair. Inaccurate.”		“Real. Fair. Accurate.”
The Sunday World-Herald for September 22, 2019 lead with the "above the headline" front page photo of three-(3) stereotypical Black athletes playing football; of course, Black men at their best are only good at sports, singing, dancing, etc. Below the headline is the intentionally cropped black-and-white photo of White people, including children, laughing and smiling at the beating, stabbing, shooting, hanging, burning and murder of a Black man, Will Brown.		Do you really think Black people need your White owned and White controlled print and broadcast media to continually, to perpetually remind us (me) of your racism and oppression of Black people? Do you? Even worse, do you really think White people need to be reminded of or celebrated for their perpetual racism and oppression of Black people, the perpetual incarceration of Native Americans on Indian Reservations, etc.? *Do you?*
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What, you’re too scared and with a conveniently
acquired “politically correctness” to print the unedited photo above the title on the front page?

Henry Fonda watched the murder of Will Brown!

Let’s not forget that, prior to becoming an legendary actor, 14-year old Henry Fonda (father of Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda) watched as a Black man, Will Brown, was beaten, then lynched, then shot, and then burned to death in the center of downtown Omaha, Nebraska on September 28, 1919.

After supper, [my dad] put me in the car with him and we drove back downtown [to the printing office]. And it was very unusual for me — for my dad to be taking me at my age and turning lights on and unlocking doors and going up the stairs. It’s not like doing it in the daytime. I remember those physical things, and walking across this empty office to a window that overlooked the courthouse square. This was where the riot was happening. My father never talked about it. He never preached about it. We both just were observers. […] It was the most horrendous sight I’d ever seen. […] My hands were wet and there were tears in my eyes. All I could think of was that young black man dangling at the end of a rope. Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

May 16, 1905
to
August 12, 1982

Source: https://www.rogerebert.com/features/turning-on-the-light-henry-fonda-and-will-brown

Source: http://www.nebraskastudies.org/1900-1924/racial-tensions/a-horrible-lynching/

White citizens of Omaha literally dragged Will Brown's body all over downtown Omaha as they beat, stabbed, shot, hung, burned - murdered Will Brown

Enjoy the view from another angle!

Conversely, after twenty-six-(26) children and adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, the residents of Newtown, Connecticut voted to demolish the murder site.

However, in Nebraska, Black people are expected to ignore that 120 or more White people were indicted for involvement in the beating, stabbing, shooting, hanging, burning and murder of Will Brown, but not one person was successfully prosecuted, and all White people were eventually released after serving no term of imprisonment – but Black people (and White people) are required to conduct “judicial business” in the very same building where your predecessors failed to provide justice to Will Brown. Talk about insensitive.

You perpetuate racism and oppression while offering absolutely nothing to eliminate the injustice. It's an historical fact that many Blacks fought back and actually killed White people to regain their freedom - where's that story? Instead, as usual, the OWH has again confined its show-and-tell to “showcase” Black people (correction . . . to showcase “niggers”) playing football (above the title) while being beaten, shot, burned to death, and killed (below the title). Oops! Your tag line below the title is: “Real. Fair. Accurate.” That’s a total lie, since you clearly refused to print the entire, unedited “real” photo of Will Brown’s murder, which means the OWH is not fair, and the edited photo validates your total absence of accuracy. What, you’re too scared and with a conveniently acquired “politically correctness” to print the unedited photo above the title on the front page?

Of course, as White people, you make the rules, and you define all exceptions to the rules. Just look at your lily-White executive management team at Lee Enterprises [https://lee.net/about/executive-team/], and the fact that, as reported by Huffpost.com, Berkshire Hathaway, where Warren Buffett is chairman and CEO, ranked dead last among S&P 100 companies in boosting women and minorities. You may dislike some of the language and tone of this letter, but being eloquent would not change a damn thing. After all, the token minorities employed by the OWH have absolutely final authority over the editorial practices of the OWH and they NEVER will.

OWH constantly reports on the on-going success of White (typically male) racism and oppression. Case in point, the “Money & Jobs” section constantly and predominately showcases the hiring and promotion of White men, but 51% of Omaha’s working adults are women! OWH is brazen with its blatant indifference, contempt, and condescending attitude toward Black people, other people of color, and women.

“Real. Fair. Accurate.” Fake news.