Jeet Heer
2. I think Sullivan's post is disingenuous on a number of fronts, not least in fact it ignores many central points made by TNC & others.
1. A few thoughts on Andrew Sullivan's response to @tanehisicoates's TNR post: http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/12/22/excuse-me-mr-coates/ …
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3. To some degree, best response is to just re-read TNC or my earlier twitter essay: https://storify.com/JeetHeer1/reckoning-with-the-new-republic-s-racial-history …
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4. Many of Sullivan's arguments are simply besides the point or hand-waivy.
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5. TNR couldn't have been racist since it was Jewish & liberal? As if both Jews & liberals don't have history of racism.
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6. On Jewish liberal racism against Arabs, see John Judis's excellent book Genesis.
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7. On Jewish anti-black racism see Leon Wieseltier's essay on Meir Kahane.
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8. Did other media beside TNR have trouble with diversity? Sure. But TNR was far worse than almost anyone else, even than right-wing mags.
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9. As of right now, National Review has employed more senior non-white staffers than TNR. True even in 1990s when Sullivan edited
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