0. I'm trying to drag myself out of this New Republic morass but you people keep pulling me back in. Some thoughts to follow.
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1. I think New Republic nostalgist (a position I have some sympathy for) are trying to have it both ways, which is a problem.
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2. New Republic nostalgist say "the magazine is a public trust, a venerable and vulnerable institution, deserves protection."
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3. But if New Republic is to be protected because it is trust & venerable institution, then its history via race & gender is worth exploring
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4. But when you raise race/gender history of TNR, immediate answer is: that was 20 years ago, has nothing to do with magazine now.
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5. So as always, TNR's venerable history is selectively deployed, only to defend magazine but not hold it responsible for its past.
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6. Another example of missing the point is this Slate piece which reduces objections to TNR to Bell Curve:http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/12/new_republic_staff_changes_what_the_debate_about_the_magazine_reveals_about.html …
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7. Let's be blunt: even if New Republic had never excerpted Bell Curve as cover story, magazine would have a dire history on racism
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8. The magazine's treatment on race has to be contextualized in its historical role as voice of technocratic Ivy League liberalism
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9. From inception in 1914, TNR was magazine for Harvard graduates (Croly, Lippmann) who wanted to lead progressive coalition.
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10. With the rise of the new social movements of the 1960s, there was society wide push for inclusiveness on gender and race lines.
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11. The push for greater inclusiveness had intense salience in left and Democratic party.
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