The New York Times announced its hire of Sarah Jeong to their editorial board on Wednesday. The problem? Jeong has a history of blatant bigotry.
Tweets from 2014 with hateful rhetoric including “#CancelWhitePeople,” “Dumba** f***ing white people marking up the internet with their opinions like dogs pissing on a fire hydrant,” and, “Oh man it’s kind of sick how much joy I get out of being cruel to old white men,” were brought to light by an anonymous Twitter user.
Meet the newest member of the New York Times editorial board.
— Garbage Human 🗑 (@GarbageHuman_) August 2, 2018
I'd say that these tweets were part of her resumè when she applied for the job. pic.twitter.com/CLgFvPeAgM
oh man it's kind of sick how much joy I get out of being cruel to old white men
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) July 24, 2014
The racist tweets go on and on — and the internet backlash has begun.
"Dumba*s f*cking white people!" NYT's newest editorial board member, Sarah Jeong, wanted to "cancel" white people https://t.co/JiBpddPciW
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 2, 2018
But remember, the real deplorable is Kevin Williamson https://t.co/CDVFjR9P4e
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 2, 2018
It’s sure going to be fun to see if the media will attempt to defend The Times on this one.