Diggs had to sit at a small table along with black reporters.

There are young people, as well as black and Hispanic reporters.

Nor did the city's two daily newspapers, and the black reporter kept his word.

I also would have liked more than a reference to the tensions between the white and black reporters on this team.

But in an interview last weekend with selected black reporters, he said the news media had distorted his remarks.

You would think that black reporters would be able to understand a lot of guys' situations, because they came from the same place.

Although the paper has black reporters and editors, the majority of the staff is white, including those in senior editorial positions.

The young black reporter paused, put a finger to his ear, and nodded.

But at our paper, if you do it with a black reporter you can get accused of racism.

But being a black reporter in black Africa was more often a disadvantage, he says.