7. The political anger at New Republic itself has several different dimensions: substantive disagreements but also demographics behind them
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8. Substantially: TNR at worst published scientific racism (and racism in general) was contemptuous of Arabs, and cold towards feminism.
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9. Demographically, TNR has from its earlierst Croly & Lippmann days drawn from narrow pool: Ivy League (usually Harvard) white men.
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10. The demographic problem and the political problem are linked: as Democratic party became more diverse, TNR lagged behind.
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11. Over last 30 years, TNR has been voice of those elements of Dem. party who are most conservative (except, selectively, on social issues)
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12. Larger question is how does a magazine make amends for terrible history, something that is not unique to New Republic.
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13. TNR & the Nation's 1930s/1940s Stalinism, National Review's racism and philio-fascism, Atlantic Monthy's racism, etc. How to deal?
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14. As a friend reminded me, long before TNR's Bell Curve issue, in 1970s Atlantic Monthly published Richard Herrnstein.
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15. As a rule of thumb, I'm willing to overlook a magazine's terrible past if they've made a good faith effort to come to terms with it.
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16. National Review has never in any serious way tried to come to terms with its history of racism or filio-fascism.
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17. Nation & New Republic by contrast have grappled with past Stalinism as well as other issues.
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18. On Israel/Palestine, former New Republic staffers now often voice of reason: Judis, Beinart and (with many provisos) Sullivan.
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19. On the gender front, TNR has markedly improved in recent years, among other things giving column to excellent
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