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-Barry Wynn

Saturday, October 27, 2007

SaltLakeTribune: NAACP wants apology from Overstock.com founder

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Perhaps my outrage meter needs calibrating, but I'm not feeling this one: "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Salt Lake City chapter leaders and other community members organized a news conference Friday to call for Byrne to apologize and to refrain from using terms such as "burn" when referring to kids."


NAACP wants apology from Overstock.com founder - By Jennifer W. Sanchez
The Salt Lake Tribune

Posted: 8:25 PM- The NAACP is demanding a public apology from Overstock.com founder and CEO Patrick Byrne for saying minority students who do not graduate from high school might as well be burned or thrown away. View Full Story


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