Michelle Goldberg: Rep. Jayapal’s racist gaffe wasn’t a big deal

The NY Times employs at least one opinion columnist whose only job is to write about race and racism. They have another columnist who writes about the topic somewhat frequently. Never in all of the columns about race and racism published by the NY Times have I ever seen one suggesting the problem was overblown. But yesterday the Times published Michelle Goldberg’s column saying exactly that. It was titled “The Hysterical Overreaction to Jayapal’s ‘Racist State’ Gaffe.”Read More