People respond to NY Times union demanding 50% people of color

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Earlier we posted a story about the union for the NY Times demanding workers be 50% people of color within the next five years, and 24% of those must be black, to be really inclusive and diverse.

The New York Times is a newspaper of, for, and by activists, not journalists, so why not? Actually, I never thought we’d be picking people according to their most irrelevant qualities.

The idea is a hit with a lot of people, so we posted some responses from the public we thought you might like to see. But first, here’s how we envision a future ad might look:

SOME RESPONSES


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Sam
3 years ago

If this is going to be New York City policy then the
Mets, The Nets, The Giants and The Jets would have to be 50% white.

Fairness
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Fairness
3 years ago

The NBA shold only be 6% negro since black males only make up 6% of the population. it should be 94% calcasian.