# New York Times hires unapologetic racist writer **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 4, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-hires-unapologetic-racist-writer/819086 "2018-08-04T10:58:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 667
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-hires-unapologetic-racist-writer/819086/667 "2018-08-28T11:11:27Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Not one of those is a cite for the statement “Obama is one of my favourite presidents”, but nice try at deflection. Uh huh. My vigorous defense of him during his presidency really proves you right to scoff, eh? :dubious: > [@Can someone explain why it is controversial that Obama hugged Derrick Bell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-why-it-is-controversial-that-obama-hugged-derrick-bell/615140/121): > > I want to zero in on this because I keep hearing complaints about inflation, especially from Ron Paul supporters. Do you realise that you can’t find a three and a half year period during the previous (Bush) administration with lower inflation than has occurred during the Obama presidency?[…] > > Ha–as Gyrate noted, it’s pretty ironic to accuse him of being “elitist” because his speeches use simpler vocabulary. The guy can’t win with you no matter which way he goes. > [@Why was Obama ahead of McCain before the crash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-obama-ahead-of-mccain-before-the-crash/643209/41): > > She struck me as the sort of ultra-leftist that these days castigates Obama for being too right wing or whatever, and wants to shut down the Pentagon and replace it with a “Department of Peace” (and in case it’s not clear, I have no patience for such people). The other two cites were there to rebut your claim that I wish I were an Alabama Dixiecrat (LOL): > [@Blue states have better schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-states-have-better-schools/667387/55): > > As if racism was just some disembodied element like hot weather or malaria that the South had to suffer from. Try changing that to the active voice: “because white Southerners were racist”. > [@Blue states have better schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-states-have-better-schools/667387/61): > > I have said that my impression is that the Deep South is not a desirable place to live. And yes: I even said that I have an impression of it being an “ignorant backwater”. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-hires-unapologetic-racist-writer/819086)._