The LA Times is no longer going to say that looters are looting. Deeming “looting” a racist term attributes blackness to something that really isn’t about race. Anybody who actually read the LA Times in the immediate aftermath of the killing of George Floyd might conclude that looting is an equal opportunity offense. The policy was instigated by black LA Times staffers who complained to editor Norman Pearlstine about the word’s supposedly racist connotations. Or at least the LA Times hasn’t offered any to justify changing the policy.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 19, 2020 14:48 UTC