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Is this the complete "book" the racist Jeong is famous for having written? At 79 pages it's basically a pamphlet.

by retox 8y ago

malvosenior 8y ago
Yes. This is supposed to be her superlative work and according to the NYT, good enough to overlook her racist statements. The thing is, this book is terrible. It reads like a high school level report and if you’re familiar with any of the events in it, is also full of bias and fabrications. I’m glad this book is getting exposure because it destroys the argument that Jeong is just that good that she should be granted a free pass on her racism.
apostacy 8y ago
The thing I found most troubling, was that the NYT fired the far more qualified Quinn Norton (Aaron Schwartz girlfriend) only 7 hours after hiring her! Nothing Norton said was on the same level as Jeong. I would call Norton's offensive language merely offensive, while Jeong's was hateful. So I suppose that Jeong must be bringing an amazing level of insight to the table, for her racism to be overlooked.
leibwiht 8y ago
She's not just a racist, she also covered for BuzzFeed after they lied to one of their sources and published intimate and personal information about her after they promised not to: https://medium.com/@therealsexycyborg/shenzhen-tech-girl-naomi-wu-my-experience-with-sarah-jeong-jason-koebler-and-vice-magazine-3f4a32fda9b5 https://medium.com/@therealsexycyborg/shenzhen-tech-girl-nao...
netsharc 8y ago
I'm glad I looked her up. You're labelling her "racist" because she tweeted some stupidity and the right wing hate machine trawled old tweets to smear anyone and everyone: https://www.vox.com/2018/8/3/17644704/sarah-jeong-new-york-times-tweets-backlash-racism https://www.vox.com/2018/8/3/17644704/sarah-jeong-new-york-t...
- malvosenior 8y ago
  Instead of reading propaganda from her former employer (and current publisher of this book), you can read her tweets yourself and see that she is indeed racist: https://twitter.com/nickmon1112/status/1025437806775226368 https://twitter.com/nickmon1112/status/1025437806775226368
  - netsharc 8y ago
    On the topic of right wing hate machine, that twitterer seems to have a agenda of trying to prove how white men are hated. And "please donate so I can buy an iPhone". It seems he even interprets things like "Scholarship for minorities" as racism. I do agree some of her tweets are questionable, but I wouldn't say all the ones he screen captured prove that she is a racist. It seems I've stumbled upon Gamergate. Let me just back out of this slowly...
- apostacy 8y ago
  Even if Jeong is 100% not guilty, it is still distressing that her employer applied a completely different standard to her than to Quinn Norton. Or frankly, almost anyone else. People have their careers ruined because old tweets of theirs are exhumed without any context. Here, they are giving a massive amount of leeway to her to construct a convenient context to explain away her racist words. I'm more offended by the hypocrisy of the NYT and the wider media establishment. Suddenly, if you have their favor, we need to take your word for it that you were only being ironic with your racism, and totes didn't mean for your words to be taken at face value.

Is this the complete "book" the racist Jeong is famous for having written? At 79 pages it's basically a pamphlet.

by retox 8y ago

Is this the complete "book" the racist Jeong is famous for having written? At 79 pages it's basically a pamphlet.

Yes. This is supposed to be her superlative work and according to the NYT, good enough to overlook her racist statements. The thing is, this book is terrible. It reads like a high school level report and if you’re familiar with any of the events in it, is also full of bias and fabrications. I’m glad this book is getting exposure because it destroys the argument that Jeong is just that good that she should be granted a free pass on her racism.

apostacy 8y ago

The thing I found most troubling, was that the NYT fired the far more qualified Quinn Norton (Aaron Schwartz girlfriend) only 7 hours after hiring her! Nothing Norton said was on the same level as Jeong. I would call Norton's offensive language merely offensive, while Jeong's was hateful. So I suppose that Jeong must be bringing an amazing level of insight to the table, for her racism to be overlooked.

leibwiht 8y ago

She's not just a racist, she also covered for BuzzFeed after they lied to one of their sources and published intimate and personal information about her after they promised not to: https://medium.com/@therealsexycyborg/shenzhen-tech-girl-naomi-wu-my-experience-with-sarah-jeong-jason-koebler-and-vice-magazine-3f4a32fda9b5 https://medium.com/@therealsexycyborg/shenzhen-tech-girl-nao...

netsharc 8y ago

I'm glad I looked her up. You're labelling her "racist" because she tweeted some stupidity and the right wing hate machine trawled old tweets to smear anyone and everyone: https://www.vox.com/2018/8/3/17644704/sarah-jeong-new-york-times-tweets-backlash-racism https://www.vox.com/2018/8/3/17644704/sarah-jeong-new-york-t...

malvosenior 8y ago
Instead of reading propaganda from her former employer (and current publisher of this book), you can read her tweets yourself and see that she is indeed racist: https://twitter.com/nickmon1112/status/1025437806775226368 https://twitter.com/nickmon1112/status/1025437806775226368
- netsharc 8y ago
  On the topic of right wing hate machine, that twitterer seems to have a agenda of trying to prove how white men are hated. And "please donate so I can buy an iPhone". It seems he even interprets things like "Scholarship for minorities" as racism. I do agree some of her tweets are questionable, but I wouldn't say all the ones he screen captured prove that she is a racist. It seems I've stumbled upon Gamergate. Let me just back out of this slowly...
apostacy 8y ago
Even if Jeong is 100% not guilty, it is still distressing that her employer applied a completely different standard to her than to Quinn Norton. Or frankly, almost anyone else. People have their careers ruined because old tweets of theirs are exhumed without any context. Here, they are giving a massive amount of leeway to her to construct a convenient context to explain away her racist words. I'm more offended by the hypocrisy of the NYT and the wider media establishment. Suddenly, if you have their favor, we need to take your word for it that you were only being ironic with your racism, and totes didn't mean for your words to be taken at face value.