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Article: New Republic Magazine: Heal Thyself!
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- October 4, 1995
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Askia Muhammed
Washington Informer
10-04-1995
New Republic Magazine: Heal Thyself!.
Before attempting to remove the beam in the eye of The Washington Post on the subjects of diversity and affirmative action and their effects in the news room and in the pages of that publication, the venerable New Republic should remove the mote in its own eye.
I consider it the height of insult that the 81-year-old gray beard American magazine which has never hired a Black editorial staff member, would give over its cover to a 24-year-old White writer, to discuss the sensitive subject of race, racism and the good-faith effort of a major newspaper to combat it.
Indeed, the 13,000-word screed in the October 2, ...