Seth Dellinger
Washington, D.C.  
 
Arabs in Sudan
In the lead article in the May 22 issue, “Sudan: U.S. gov’t presses for military intervention,” the seventh paragraph has a sentence that states “Arab-speaking militia groups.” That should be “Arabic-speaking.”

Background note: my sister tried to get me to go to the “Stop Genocide” rally mentioned in the article, and one of her motivations was an op-ed article by Nicholas Kristof, which throws in some anti-Arab racism to help get people to “do something.” So the media, at least to a degree, are trying to make this an Arab vs. Black African issue. From my very little bit of reading, I understand that the racial, language, and religious mixtures are pretty confusing in reality. So I figured it was worth mentioning this “spelling-point,” because Militant reporters will have to be careful about the “Arab” question in Sudan in general.

Dave Segal
New York  
 
 
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