Posted it themselves
“The likelihood that there has been an epidemic of lynchings in America is infinitesimal. https:// nytimes.com/2026/09/24/opi nion/lynchings-ayanna-pressley-investigation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share … via @NYTOpinion”
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“It's not just that Nikole Hannah-Jones' daughter will have her pick of universities because of this piece. I have no reason to think NHJ wrote the piece with that in mind, but there's something else I doubt she had in mind which will, nevertheless, happen anyway: the piece will”[post continues]
on benefits Nikole Hannah-Jones's daughter may gain from her writing
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“Sad thing is this is normal. She genuinely, warmly thinks her people are smart in "alternate" ways, and that being good at tests (close reasoning and linear thinking) is "white." I wrote about this strain of thought a few months ago here: https:// nytimes.com/2026/07/16/opi nion/new-york-high-school-test-racism.html …”
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