NEW YORK -- On Wednesday, the New York Times’ announcement of its most recent hire -- South Korean-American journalist Sarah Jeong -- quickly sparked controversy following the emergence of Jeong’s past racist tweets targeting Caucasians. The tweets -- which included comparing “dumbass fucking white people” to dogs, asserting that white people would
Upset By The New York Times “Racist” Hire? A Brief History of Racism at the U.S.’ “Paper of Record”
Those criticizing the Times for Jeong’s hire should be well aware that the paper has a history of hiring racist journalists and that the paper itself has even been sued for past racist policies.