NYT: 'Replacement theory' is racist, and 'We can replace them'
In March 2019 the Times described 'replacement theory' as a racist, sexist doctrine spreading in far-right circles. Five months earlier, columnist Michelle Goldberg's piece 'We Can Replace Them' urged Georgia voters to show white nationalists 'they're being replaced.'
Who it favored: Democrats
Condemned a theory on the right while its own columnist celebrated replacement.
The pieces
- NYT Opinion (Goldberg): We Can Replace Them (Oct. 29, 2018)https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/29/opinion/stacey-abrams-georgia-governor-election-brian-kemp.html
- Archived copy (archive.fo)https://archive.fo/fS5Tl
- NYT: 'Replacement Theory,' a Racist, Sexist Doctrine, Spreads in Far-Right Circles (Mar. 18, 2019)https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/technology/replacement-theory.html
- Archived copy (archive.fo)https://archive.fo/53tAP
The other side
Goldberg's column was opinion aimed at white nationalists' fears, while the 2019 piece was news reporting after the Christchurch attack; different desks and writers.
Why it's here
This is filed under Subversion, not graded as a lie. What subversion means.