New York Times hires openly racist Editorial Board member

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I know but its still stupid to act like everyone on the left thinks that. I certainly don't think that...granted I don't think it has the same systematic effect as white racism on other races has had. But no anyone can be racist...even in asia racism exists...like from what I understand there is even issues of like japanese thinking they are superior to other asians and what not. Racism is certainly not specific to white people.

I mean I am on the left and I think that women was being inappropriate and if the company fires her for it I would agree with them. So apparently not all of 'the left' wants to defend her tweets. I mean at least on facebook when some f the left-wingers get a bit toxic I do call them out on it. I follow some left wing groups on facebook, and yeah some of those people are just as bad as the white supremacists who identify as right wingers.

But also racism may be the least of our issues, at least when compared to global warming...the increased severe weather and things can kill us all regardless of political affiliation so maybe that is what we should be focusing on. I am part native, I look white...I've heard racist comments about native americans while not looking the part myself and that is hurtful. But the bigger issue is global warming there wont be anyone left to address and solve racism if we all die to our own human created climate change.

I believe the ''only get worse'' comment is meant to mean that racism will get worse for white people, not across the board. I don't think he meant that a society with more nonwhites would be more racist than a white majority one. In fact it's knowing about what's happened to other minorities that makes people frightened of becoming a minority.

So this is how you get a good job. Just when we thought the only way to get on was to take our cloths off, the NYT has shown us a new path.

I specifically meant the more multicultural a society is the more racial politics will get. Whites being perceived as privileged and guilty for the crimes of other white people who lived centuries ago.

Laws discriminating against whites will be justified with well they deserve this because Slavery or Colonisation.

Maybe we should stop identifying race with culture.

Really? I should go naked then to get a promotion.

So, basically they hired someone the same way that Fox News, National Review, Breitbart, etc. do.

As per the first page, "left" more racist? Statistics show that the left is the tent party for all racial minorities, meanwhile the right-wing is primarily white and has little favorability (or rather trust) from the majority of minorities in the United States. So, what that's, hilariously, implying (in a non-racist?) way is that white people are the least racist out of every single race in this country.

Statistics:

http://www.people-press.org/2015/04/07/a-deep-dive-into-party-affiliation/4-6-2015_lede/

But, hey, believe whatever it is you want to believe. Sure, white people are less racist than every other race in the United States and I'm sure that right-wingers are less homophobic as well.

On a serious note, what the Editorial Board Member said was wrong. Right wingers screaming their heads off about it though? I've always found hypocrisy to be funny. Where's the outrage when numerous right-wing reporters issue racist dog whistles on a daily basis directly within their own publications, nonetheless? Those who scream their heads off about the Board Member while not even noticing all of the vileness coming from the right-wing news sources I just listed, well that tells us everything that we need to know.

Note: the above paragraph is about some right-wingers, there are other right-wingers who see and denounce the racist dog whistles in the publications I noted above who I don't affiliate with this paragraph.

'Nuff said.

Not as much as they used to be but the New York Times is still one of if not the most influential media outlet in the world. It is widely read by people in power and they often set the agenda for the non conservative/right-wing media. They also set the agenda for the conservative/right wing media in the sense that they are often reacting to what the Times is doing and the "national conversation" the NYT had a large role in starting.

I respect NYT and The Post - if you're consistently hated by hot headed authoritarian bigots because you're standing in their way of using the position of president as a means to "get away with murder" - you're doing something right.

(note: while it's clear I'm stating it's hated by Trump, the other would be Nixon)

Yes, tell them you can't afford any cloths unless they promote you and they will instantly promote you. Or fire you, definitely one or the other; unless they call the police and have you charged with exposure. Well anyway, something will happen.

This is complete nonsense. Affirmative action disproportionately benefits white women.

I know what he said

"Only" get worse means that there's a current and pernicious correlation to white discrimination and minorities. One that wouldn't stand today if it weren't for minorities, in plain language.

In context: because of hate-speech by this vile woman, he decided to point to the overall moral decline in this country and paint all minorities with the same brush... But not to the hate speech of white supremacist that conquer the airwaves or the demagogue president whom profligate sins he's sought to alchemize or even the stochastic terrorism that president's set out pre-dating day 1. That's my reasoning for pointing to a majority of that poster posts, cause that rhetoric's been constant

I appreciate you guys trying to help me see broader points of view because that type of open discussion makes this online community better but I'm not blind on this, I know what I saw

I seriously didn't want to respond to that but thanks

The complete ignorance of why programs like affirmative action and other low-income social programs exist is infuriating but speaks to the centrality of race in politics-- which's about the only thing that hasn't changed since it's conception. Whites stand to be the largest benefactors of welfare but it's an issue because of minorities

What? How do you figure?

In what way is affirmative action 'inherently racist' the idea behind it is not 'people of minorities are inferior and therefore need a hand up'. The idea is to address disadvantages they face due to our not so glorious history, where minority groups have been systematically oppressed. It did cause some lasting damage which has not been fully solved today.

Also yes some people on the left do think racism can only be against people who have faced systematic oppression, its not what we all think.

National Socialism has never been considered a left wing ideology and also modern Neo nazis largely identify as being on the right not the left. That said there is not just one neo-nazi or white supremacist on the right, there are multiple that still does not mean everyone on the right is a racist. And what 'doctrine' are you referring to exactly there isn't a specific leftist 'doctrine' that all the leftists collectively follow.

Seriously how is it some left wingers saying toxic/racist things about white people makes the left collectively racist, but neo nazis and white supremacists on the right doesn't make the right collectively racist. Seems you are guilty of expressing a double standard.

That article brings to light that these are old comments, and that she was responding to online harrassment. It also shows that the NY times in a statement said they do not condone that past behavior of hers and that she realizes it was inappropriate.

When I first read this post I figured she was saying this stuff currently while working for that company, and wondering why they hadn't fired her. But now I am thinking how impractical it would be to fire anyone who's ever said nasty things in the past especially if they have demonstrated they stopped the behavior.

I would say the same thing if it was a white person who said some racist things in the past, but since had admitted they were wrong and has stopped that behavior.

This is very different than someone actively being a toxic racist while working for a Journalism agency.