Thread by @LibWatchdog, What a surprise it was over the weekend to learn that the [...]

What a surprise it was over the weekend to learn that the family who owns the New York Times owned slaves.

In this thread I’ll be listing various people and things @nytimes has criticized or tried to cancel for a transgression they are also guilty of.

https://nypost.com/2020/07/18/the-family-that-owns-the-new-york-times-were-slaveholders-goodwin/

Insurance Companies

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/18/us/insurance-policies-on-slaves-new-york-lifes-complicated-past.html

American Nuns

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/opinion/sunday/nuns-slavery.html

Mount Rushmore

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/us/mount-rushmore.html

Bonus: George Washington was “an amoral monster” and “should not be honored with monuments.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/opinion/george-washington-confederate-statues.html

Opinion | Yes, Even George Washington

Slavery was a cruel institution that can’t be excused by its era.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/opinion/george-washington-confederate-statues.html

SUNY New Paltz https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/nyregion/suny-new-paltz-slave-owners.html

Slave Owners’ Names Are on Dorms at a SUNY School. That’s Changing.

Five dormitories and the dining hall at SUNY New Paltz in New York will feature Native American names instead of the town’s slave-owning founders.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/nyregion/suny-new-paltz-slave-owners.html

The 2nd Amendment https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/1267801778655039489

https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/1267801778655039489

Georgetown University

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/us/georgetown-university-search-for-slave-descendants.html

The DNA of America (1619 Project) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/black-history-american-democracy.html

America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One

Our founding ideals of liberty and equality were false when they were written. For generations, black Americans have fought to make them true.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/black-history-american-democracy.html

It’s clear NYT has been very hypocritical in recent years. By the paper’s own standards, the Ochs-Sulzberger family is forever tainted by their ancestors. Will they divest their stock? Will they start an investigation?

Retweet if @nytimes should be held accountable.

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