Mainstream Scream: Soledad O’Brien says ‘thug’ a ‘proxy’ for ‘N-word’

Published May 4, 2015 6:38pm ET



Former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien, now CEO of Starfish Media Group and a correspondent for Al Jazeera America, is our Mainstream Media Scream for taking up Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes’ charge that “thug,” like the reference to looters by the city’s mayor, is code for the N-word.

Discussing the issue on Sunday’s “Reliable Sources,” she said:

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