Miss Black Arizona

20 to vie for Arizona's Miss Black and Miss Black Teen honors (Jahna Berry/azcentral.com)

I think this story from azcentral.com about the Miss Black Arizona and the Miss Black Teen Arizona neglects a graf that points to exactly who is eligible to participate in the pageant. It may seem like a "duh," but I think it is important to say the Miss Black Arizona is a scholarship pageant for young Black women with high aspirations and goals, etc. It is important to mention a background about how the pageant came about and how it is similar and different to pageants that emphasize one race.

I understand the reason azcentral.com may have ignored these facts in there story is because they seem obvious or the reporter may have thought such words would come off as either racist or proud. However, I think there are still many people who might question the story without the portraying the pageant's participants clearly aside from just stating the name of the pageant itself.