New York Times Faces Criticism for Hiring Sarah Jeong, a Writer With a History of Anti-White Tweets

And the Times’ defense of Jeong tells Asian-Americans our anger is merited.

The New York Times reaffirmed its support Thursday for new hire Sarah Jeong after social media criticism of her tweets from several years ago that were derogatory of white people, with both the paper and the writer saying the comments were Jeong’s response to online harassment she had been receiving, but that she regrets her language.