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81. By itself it certainly is. If it's the writer stating that it's the feeling...

Sat Feb 12, 2022, 04:07 PM

Feb 2022

of whites in the skating world, that feeling is certainly racist but not that of the writer. It's what his reporting has revealed.

Understand?

There's no escaping the elitist racism in that sentiment, no matter how you try.

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NYT: Asians "overrepresented" at U.S. skating rinks. [View all] RandySF Feb 2022 OP

Waiting for their report edhopper Feb 2022 #1

..and white overreppresented in Hockey Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #4

Or yachting, or polo Poiuyt Feb 2022 #11

And robots in chess Polybius Feb 2022 #29

lol. Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #36

Perfect Response Mary in S. Carolina Feb 2022 #68

You beat me to it. That's just what I was thinking. brush Feb 2022 #13

We seem to have a lot of great Americans representing US. nt OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2022 #2

So? PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #3

Wuh... ??? tavernier Feb 2022 #5

Congratulations on your milestone of 10,000 posts! niyad Feb 2022 #66

Thanks!! tavernier Feb 2022 #67

Shameful. Just unbelievable shit Deuxcents Feb 2022 #6

What horrid writing. blm Feb 2022 #7

How unbelievably racist Mary in S. Carolina Feb 2022 #8

Exactly! I guess we shouldn't be surprised given how right wing TNYT is nowadays. LonePirate Feb 2022 #28

Really. They are getting just as bad or worse than the NY Post...pathetic. SWBTATTReg Feb 2022 #48

+1 K&R. Disgusting headline. This is why i don't waste my $ on NYT. onetexan Mar 2022 #83

Sometimes it's just not about diversity. jalan48 Feb 2022 #9

New game : "NYT headline, or Tucker Carlson monologue?" bullwinkle428 Feb 2022 #10

So what? They are Americans. Go for it! LastDemocratInSC Feb 2022 #12

Lots of White folks Hmongliberal Feb 2022 #14

the author (who for the record is Korean-American) responded Celerity Feb 2022 #15

What the fuck? vercetti2021 Feb 2022 #16

the article itself is hardly RW Celerity Feb 2022 #32

Okay. And? RockRaven Feb 2022 #17

thank you for sharing that and raising our awareness of the issue cadoman Feb 2022 #18

assholes Skittles Feb 2022 #19

They worked for it... as individuals. keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #20

Great news JI7 Feb 2022 #21

This is so racist. If Asian Americans are the best in competition... brush Feb 2022 #22

Did you actually read the article? What you are taking away from a clip job OP title is hardly a Celerity Feb 2022 #39

I read what I could before the paywall kicked in. What did you... brush Feb 2022 #44

I found both the author's replies (which I posted above) and the article itself to be satisfactory Celerity Feb 2022 #46

Thanks. I'll check them out. I must say though I have... brush Feb 2022 #60

That was not the headline, it was the OP pulling a partial quote Celerity Feb 2022 #71

As I said, it was the headline of the OP. brush Feb 2022 #72

Yes, sorry for the confusion from my end. Celerity Feb 2022 #73

"I will deffo be revisiting this colloquy when I am shown to be correct again." betsuni Feb 2022 #75

what are you on about? Celerity Feb 2022 #76

Post removed Post removed Feb 2022 #78

Some people focus ForgedCrank Feb 2022 #23

Stupidity has been overrepresented at the NYT under Dean Baquet BeyondGeography Feb 2022 #24

Gross bigoted shit. DickKessler Feb 2022 #25

You believe... Zeitghost Feb 2022 #35

Did he write the headline? My understanding is that reporters generally don't write headlines. DickKessler Feb 2022 #37

I'm not sure if he did... Zeitghost Feb 2022 #42

The headline of the OP is pure racism whoever wrote it. brush Feb 2022 #74

The sentence in the tweet Zeitghost Feb 2022 #80

By itself it certainly is. If it's the writer stating that it's the feeling... brush Feb 2022 #81

The New York Times is over-represented as being a credible source of news. Dawson Leery Feb 2022 #26

Amen Mary in S. Carolina Feb 2022 #69

Point to any language that expresses your made-up headline. brooklynite Feb 2022 #27

Uh, it's *literally* in the tweet: W_HAMILTON Feb 2022 #33

I can tell by many of the responses that most did not even bother to read the article, they Celerity Feb 2022 #34

Faux outrage at headlines Zeitghost Feb 2022 #38

lol @ 'outage olympics' Celerity Feb 2022 #40

Tell Me About It RobinA Feb 2022 #59

Yeah, guilty as charged. To be fair, the NYT tweet isn't doing the article any favors... DickKessler Feb 2022 #41

the author replied Celerity Feb 2022 #43

I knee-jerked hard at the tweet Sympthsical Feb 2022 #51

It is kind of sad treestar Feb 2022 #56

"vividly overrepresented"??? Geez. Pretty low. 58Sunliner Feb 2022 #30

How so? Zeitghost Feb 2022 #45

It's the connotation Sympthsical Feb 2022 #52

Possibly, although I don't agree Zeitghost Feb 2022 #57

I don't care who wrote the article and trying to hide behind semantics doesn't CYA. 58Sunliner Feb 2022 #55

SOOOOOO WHAT?!!! n/t Yanicosco Feb 2022 #31

I guess I think of "overrepresented" as a neutral term. BlueCheeseAgain Feb 2022 #47

Yes, very likely and my assumption. A statistical context Hortensis Feb 2022 #58

There is an immigrant group who is far more heavily represented in American sports DFW Feb 2022 #49

+1 betsuni Feb 2022 #50

+1 dalton99a Feb 2022 #54

Also "overrepresented" in figure skating: tanyev Feb 2022 #53

Clumsy people are under-represented. milestogo Feb 2022 #61

Wow. The reporter is clueless, and the NYT is really a right wing rag. Tommymac Feb 2022 #62

Similar to Women's LPGA golf madville Feb 2022 #63

The NYT's estimates can't be trusted, because all Asians probably look alike to them. Orrex Feb 2022 #64

You think that's the opinion... Zeitghost Feb 2022 #70

As a rule I do not use the sarcasm tag Orrex Feb 2022 #82

Sonja Henie (Norwegian, not US) and her generation are gone now. Sorry, the world moves on-- Hekate Feb 2022 #65

All Americans, NYTStupid. Cha Feb 2022 #77

There is nothign wrong with this. cinematicdiversions Feb 2022 #79