When Karine Jean-Pierre was appointed as White House press secretary, members of the chattering class were ecstatic. The first openly gay black woman had been placed in the position, a fact that was much celebrated among those who care deeply about such things.
But it did not take long for the nation to see that she wasn’t ready for the job. Relying heavily on the notes in her binders during press briefings, Jean-Pierre had an apparent difficulty fielding questions from members of the press even though the media has not exactly been very hostile toward the Biden administration.
Yet, some believe the criticism against the press secretary, along with the administration’s increasing reliance on newly-promoted White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby for briefings related to foreign affairs, is due to – you guessed it – racism.
The New York Times published…
