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Perhaps in the good doctor's mind (or the reporter's) it is "racist" for a white judge to attempt any sort of humor in the presence of a black woman.
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oh PLEASE! CT, you are usually more thoughtful than this. Are you suggesting that it is some sort of rampant political correctness that makes this judge's comments appear offensive? It doesn't matter if Jane of the story was white- what matters is (i) that the judge was making light of what was, by all accounts, a tragic and traumatic experience; and (ii) making light of it in such a way that suggests brutality among certain dark-skinned types is simply par for the course.
In any event, my first reaction is that it is crude and irresponsible for a judge to attempt humor in that situation, whether the litigant is white, black, or purple.
