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From The Editor

Public Apology

Public Apology

Recently, in the April 2012 issue, we ran an article titled: A Fifteen Year Stretch. In this article the word “mongoloid” was used. As a result, it has offended many people. Although the article was written by one of my writers, I am Managing Editor and make final decisions on what runs and what doesn’t, right down to every single word. I read over every article 3-4 times before we go to print. I wish that I had some words to explain why I didn’t remove it, yet I have none. I think because I rarely if ever hear that term used and I have no family or friends with a DS child so I wasn’t thinking of it as being offensive. It went right by me as would the words: jerk, moron, idiot. Not once, did I think twice about it the 4 times that I read that article. I guess I wasn’t thinking of it as referring to a DS child in a bad way. Please understand that I have never been called out for anything like this in the entire 12 years I have been running this magazine. I’ve actually removed things that my writers have complained about, saying that “it wasn’t that offensive” but I don’t take chances that even one person is offended because that’s not what I do, and that’s not what we do as a magazine. I do not easily admit that I am wrong or have made a mistake, but when it is something of this magnitude, I will admit my fault and can truly say that I myself cannot believe that I hurt someone. In the future, I will take extra care to really think about what is being said as I hope to never offend another reader by my the choices I make especially when it involves children. Please don’t hold this against our magazine as I have said, I take full responsibility. As a group, we are caring and kind to each other and our readers. As I finish this letter, I have tears in my eyes which is not something that happens easily. I am as hard as they come but I am not a mean person and do good for people on a regular basis, so this is very hard for me to know that

   I hope you and your families will accept my apology as well as my ignorance.

Thank you,

Jean Munier

Managing Editor

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