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I keep thinking about this exchange bc there are many aspects that are concerning to hear from an *editor.*

This is what false equivalence looks like: diminishing Trump‘s “enemy of the people” talk as “scolding” & describing my call to hire a black journalist as the same thing.
Also I never called anyone racist, just inadequate.

Also never called for strict quotas, just having representation of one of the most fundamental voting blocs in the American electorate.
Like, imagine if the world was flipped & CBS hired an all-poc team to cover 2020, & someone said “hey, white voters are really influential in presidential elections, especially in the Midwest. You should have some white journos who get that” & someone said “I found a Serbian guy”
You’d say “that’s cool, but not the same thing as this very crucial electorate, maybe hire someone from the Midwest w/ intimate understanding” and they just throw their hands up and say “now you’re calling me racist?”

It’s like that ??? meme but reading the newspaper every day
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