對紐約時報聘用“種族主義者”難過？ 在該美國“報紙記錄”上的種族主義簡史
Upset By The New York Times “Racist” Hire? A Brief History of Racism at the U.S.’ “Paper of Record”
Upset By The New York Times “Racist” Hire? A Brief History of Racism at the U.S.’ “Paper of Record”
那些批評時報聘用Jeong的人，應該清楚地意識到該報有僱用種族主義記者的歷史，而且該報本身已甚至因過往的種族主義政策而被起訴。
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.
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.
August 03rd, 2018
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 “go extinct soon,” and using the hashtag #CancelWhitePeople — were ultimately defended by the Times’ editorial staff, which claimed that Jeong had only been “imitating the rhetoric of her harassers” on social media and that they had been well aware of the controversial tweets prior to their decision to hire her.
The paper’s decision to hire Jeong, and then stand by her after the tweets were revealed, was heavily criticized by conservatives in particular, some of whom claimed that the paper had set a “hypocritical double standard” by standing by their new hire despite the controversy. However, 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.
Last April, the Times’ announced that it would give a column in the paper’s Op-ed section to journalist Bret Stephens. At the time of his hire, James Benet, editorial page editor of the Times praised Stephens’ “profound intellectual depth, honesty, and bravery” and asserted that hiring Stephens would increase the Opinion section’s “diversity.”
Yet, Stephens — despite having won the 2013 Pulitzer prize for commentary — is undeniably a racist whose past comments make Jeong’s controversial tweets seem hardly worth the outrage they have generated in recent days.
In a 2011 piece titled, “Haiti, Sudan, Cote d’Ivoire: Who Cares?,” Stephens asserts that these nations, chiefly inhabited by Africans or those of African descent, were essentially better off under colonialism than under their current systems of government. He goes on to argue that Haiti, which has been pillaged by foreign corporations and governments, as well as by the Clintons, suffers as a direct result of the “depravity of the locals.”
Then, in a 2016 article, Stephens stated that anti-Semitism — which in the context of the article was actually anti-Zionism, not anti-Semitism — was “the disease of the Arab mind.” In the same article, Stephens went on to discuss the “backward” nature of modern Arab society, writing that “Today there is no great university in the Arab world, no serious indigenous scientific base, a stunted literary culture.” He then added, that all of “the Arab world’s problems,” including U.S. wars and funding of terrorists in the region, “are a problem of the Arab mind.” Stephens has often singled out Palestinians, claiming that they are victims of their “bloodlust” towards Jews, which is the consequence of their “perverted” nature.
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