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• _iyig 7y ago
  Just look at this tweet and its replies: https://mobile.twitter.com/andrewyang/status/1010207553324806150?lang=en https://mobile.twitter.com/andrewyang/status/101020755332480... There are hundreds of videos like this one, and journalists with similar (or more strident) opinions: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LkQkzcrk7ds https://youtube.com/watch?v=LkQkzcrk7ds Such as Sarah Jeong, formerly of the NYT Editorial Board (still a contracted Opinion writer): ‘“Oh man it's kind of sick how much joy I get out of being cruel to old white men," Jeong said in one tweet from 2014 that has since been deleted. "Dumbass f---ing white people marking up the internet with their opinions like dogs pissing on fire hydrants," Jeong said in another tweet from that year. A third tweet posted by Jeong in 2014 said, "Are white people genetically predisposed to burn faster in the sun, thus logically being only fit to live underground like groveling goblins."’ https://thehill.com/homenews/media/463503-sarah-jeong-out-at-new-york-times-editorial-board https://thehill.com/homenews/media/463503-sarah-jeong-out-at... When I worked in Silicon Valley, these attitudes from top opinion-makers often filtered down into workplace and personal conversation.
  • gerbilly 7y ago
    And this affects your health how exactly?
    • belltaco 7y ago
      If things like that affected health, most PoCs and other ethnicities would be dead already.
      • growlist 7y ago
        There are theories that say black men suffer higher rates of schizophrenia (and associated deaths) due to them occupying a lower level in society.
        • gerbilly 7y ago
          Right, but I thought we were talking about white dude's health suffering because of people posting on twitter...
  • belltaco 7y ago
    She later said it was reverse trolling to parody all the hate she got on Twitter and in DMs for being Asian. Not saying NYT shouldn't have taken action against her.