Article content continuedIt is important to recognize that views on these issues do not break down neatly along racial lines. At the New York Times, opinion editor James Bennet lost his job for publishing an op-ed that urged the deployment of troops in cities beset by looting. Yet survey data indicate that this opinion was embraced by more than a third of Black Americans — including 48 per cent of Black respondents 45 or older. Like certain journalists in other countries, Bennet wasn’t punished for offending rank-and-file members of minority communities, but for violating taboos set down by his privileged peers. After all, that’s the way good-faith policy discussion is supposed to take place.

Source: National Post June 26, 2020 18:33 UTC