Why were New Haveners of color almost completely excluded from the photos of the St. Patrick's Day parade posted on the New Haven Register's website?
The folks marching in the parade are much more diverse than these photos indicate, not to mention the crowds along the parade route (which goes through a couple of predominately African-American neighborhoods, including ours). I don't know if the source of the problem is that the photographers only took photos of white people, or if the Register's photo editor chose to feature only photos of white people. Either way, they whitewashed the parade, the crowds and our city.
Ashley Riley Sousa
New Haven