Hm. Ok, @jessesingal, that buzzfeed piece was irresponsible reporting. But your piece could have used some reporting too.
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I think there's an important piece to do here about black paranoia and the realities of American history ...
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@sirosenbaum oh I'm with you. The piece was a narrow critique of one article. I understand *why* people would think stuff like this1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@jessesingal sure, but A) a lot of white americans do not b) as fun as it is to bash the likes of Ryan, I expect a little more from SciofUs2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jessesingal like, I also get why@deray sees this as a big "fuck you" to the actual black people doing the theorizing, not just buzzfeed1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sirosenbaum@deray But I do think it's an unwarranted conspiracy theory, even if it comes from an understandable place2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@jessesingal@deray sure, but that's not interesting. What's interesting is the understandable place.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@jessesingal@deray from OJ to Henrietta Lacks, again and again, white ppl have been baffled by what looks to them like ignorance ...2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@jessesingal@deray Yes! totally -- and it's not ignorance, or not just, it's bitter, bitter experience.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@sirosenbaum @deray But yes, if I could do it over I'd add a graf explaining why people might believe these rumors in the first place
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@jessesingal@deray If I wasn't about to head out on a reporting trip ...0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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