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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Oct 2014
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      11. As right-wing populist paper with base readership in 1970s of white working class, Tor Sun mixed soft-core porn with immigrant bashing

      4 replies 16 retweets 8 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Oct 2014
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      12. I've already gone over Toronto Sun's racial history in earlier twitter essay but will just hit a few highlights.

      1 reply 10 retweets 1 like
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Oct 2014
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      13. Sun persistently & till the end supported apartheid in South Africa. Sun editor cheerleader for CIA Angolan henchman Jonas Savimbi

      3 replies 19 retweets 11 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Oct 2014
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      14. Sun columnist Mackenzie Porter wrote countless articles celebrating eugenics until his retirement in 1990.

      2 replies 14 retweets 0 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Oct 2014
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      15. When Sun Editor Peter Worthington lost race to Greek-Canadian candidate, Sun headline complained about "the Greeks."

      1 reply 11 retweets 1 like
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Oct 2014
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      16. When Airport security sexually harassed Jamaican women, Sun published column saying Jamaican women love stripping nude for officials.

      2 replies 16 retweets 2 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Oct 2014
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      Jeet Heer Retweeted Gerald Butts

      17. Let's return to that Donato cartoon of Oliva Chow:https://twitter.com/gmbutts/status/526524068775075840 …

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      Gerald ButtsVerified account @gmbutts
      If Toronto twitter is looking to be outraged, look no further. How does this get approved, Sun. #TOpoli pic.twitter.com/134wXyqXSe
      2 replies 9 retweets 1 like
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Oct 2014
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      18. How many stereotypes are in that cartoon? 1. Chow in Mao Suit (she's Red Chinese commie) 2. dwarfish 3. slant eyed 4. doing laundry

      10 replies 17 retweets 7 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Oct 2014
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      19. Donato, cartoonist behind this masterpiece, has been at the Sun since day one in 1971. He's integral to newspaper's identity & racism.

      2 replies 26 retweets 11 likes
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Oct 2014
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      20. John Tory, likely next mayor of Toronto, says he white privilege doesn't exist.

      3 replies 21 retweets 8 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Oct 2014

      21. White privilege is fact Donato has been working in Canadian newspaper longer than virtually anyone.

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        1. newearthling‏ @newearthling 26 Oct 2014
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          @HeerJeet Donato will be one of the first to be let go, I bet, when the new owners move into The Sun HQ.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Oct 2014
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          22. White privilege is Toronto Sun's racism is rarely criticized but just seen as a normal part of the media eco-system.

          1 reply 27 retweets 6 likes
        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Oct 2014
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          23. White privilege is that Toronto Sun has a columnist who wrote Obama is a secret Muslim and she's still a powerful voice

          1 reply 15 retweets 14 likes
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