So, this is fascinating. A racist journalist who in 1995 ruined her career w/plagiarism & inaccuracies has resurfaced... writing an inaccurate story about social-climbing rich parents that still takes the time to complain about Black families' focus on sports.
On the 1995 mess:
Really brings home what's wrong with 2020 American journalism when you realize Black journalists *still* have to fight just to be heard but people like Ruth Shalit Barrett are given platform after platform from which to spew their bias. ::coughGreenwaldhack::
Suppose I should clarify first tweet: "a journalist who sure seems racist to me." In case she or any of her supporters decide to try and whitewash her background again.
(Oh, for folks who think I'm vaguetweeting, no, just pre-coffee reaction to my TL, which is all talking about this 800-word correction: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…)
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