The New York Times ran a disturbing op-ed. But the backlash misses the mark | Siva Vaidhyanathan
Bret Stephens’ article was ridiculous, eugenicist garbage. But calls to boycott the newspaper won’t help
by Siva Vaidhyanathan
Jan 01, 2020
3 minutes
Just three days before the dawn of the third decade of the 21st century, one of the world’s top newspapers published a column by one if its full-time opinion contributors arguing that one ethnic group is inherently more intelligent than others. In this case, the superior ethnic group in question was, unsurprisingly, that to which the writer belongs.
I wish I were making this up. I can’t believe I had to type those words.
As the novelist : “Woke up to a New York Times op-ed about one group being intellectually superior to others and
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