Monday, August 06, 2018

"Yes, we all live on campus now."

Another indicator that these statements might be racist comes from replacing the word “white” with any other racial group. #cancelblackpeople probably wouldn’t fly at the New York Times, would it? Or imagine someone tweeting that Jews were only “fit to live underground like groveling goblins” or that she enjoyed “being cruel to old Latina women,” and then being welcomed and celebrated by a liberal newsroom. Not exactly in the cards.

Read the rest of Andrew Sullivan on Sarah Jeong and the new standard at The New York Times.

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