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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12. What distinguished Peretz's TNR is that it resisted this new push for inclusiveness, both ideologically and in hiring practices.
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13. Peretz's TNR makes sense as attempt to progressive coalition the same as it was under Croly/Lippmann: a Harvard boy's club.
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14. Here's the think I noticed even as a teenage reader of TNR: it had far less non-white and female voices than even the conservative mags
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16. National Review & Commentary had Jeanne Kirkpatrick, Midge Decter, Linda Chavez, Tom Sowell, etc. TNR much more white male
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17. As far as I know, in its entire history TNR has had two black staffers. The excellent Dayo Olopade was one.
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@tomscocca Not just resisted, but countered. That inclusiveness had gone too far was its '80s-'90s guiding principle.2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes -
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@tomscocca rightly notes, TNR actively tried to counter inclusiveness.1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes - Show replies
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