3. Chait: “Merits of the story aside, it is hard to evaluate the decision to publish it outside of Chris Hughes’s desire to justify..."
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5. Since
@jonathanchait is smart writer, one whose work I read with profit, let me try & explain why an article on TNR & race was necessary1 reply 3 retweets 3 likes -
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6. Ironically,
@jonathanchait is part of the back story of how my piece got written.1 reply 4 retweets 4 likes -
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7. A reminder: staff turmoil at TNR led
@jonathanchait & others keening with nostalgic TNR lamentation. Then@tanehisicoates responded.1 reply 8 retweets 12 likes -
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@tanehisicoates response was it was hard for him to be nostalgic for a magazine that had such a terrible history on race.1 reply 9 retweets 15 likes -
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9. Important to realize that in his critique TNC wasn't just speaking for himself. Lots of black writers and readers feel this way.
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10. Talk to any black writer/reader who might be a reader of New Yorker, New York Review or Nation. Ask them about TNR
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11. To
@jonathanchait "The Bell Curve" & Peretz's rants might have been outliers to true TNR. That's not how black readers see it.4 replies 16 retweets 22 likes -
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12. Do I need to spell out, laborously, why it is a problem for a liberal magazine to have alienated an entire generation of black readers?
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13. Okay: Civil Rights is one of the cornerstone achievements of American liberalism & blacks a crucial part of Democratic coalition.
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14. Last time the Democrats won the White House with majority of white voters? 1964. Before then: 1944.
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15. So for a half century or more, the Democrats have needed black voters to win the presidency. Harry Truman knew that.
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