| | In January 2019, ''The New York Times'' wrote a sympathetic profile of [[Black Hebrew Israelites]], a hate group, treating them significantly better than a group of Catholic students wearing [[MAGA]] hats, who it demonized.<ref>Adams, Becket (January 24, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-york-times-gives-friendlier-coverage-to-actual-hate-group-than-maga-teens New York Times gives friendlier coverage to actual hate group than 'MAGA'-teens]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.</ref><ref>Nolte, John (January 24, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/24/new-york-times-blistered-for-sympathetic-portrait-of-black-nationalists-who-taunted-covington-kids/ New York Times Blistered for Sympathetic Portrait of Black Nationalists Who Taunted Covington Kids]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.</ref> | | In January 2019, ''The New York Times'' wrote a sympathetic profile of [[Black Hebrew Israelites]], a hate group, treating them significantly better than a group of Catholic students wearing [[MAGA]] hats, who it demonized.<ref>Adams, Becket (January 24, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-york-times-gives-friendlier-coverage-to-actual-hate-group-than-maga-teens New York Times gives friendlier coverage to actual hate group than 'MAGA'-teens]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.</ref><ref>Nolte, John (January 24, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/24/new-york-times-blistered-for-sympathetic-portrait-of-black-nationalists-who-taunted-covington-kids/ New York Times Blistered for Sympathetic Portrait of Black Nationalists Who Taunted Covington Kids]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.</ref> |
| | + | Two 17-year-old Indian boys allegedly used racial slurs against a group of African-American girls and urinated on one during the game at Lawrence High School. By making race a “[[social construct]],” the racist actions of non-white people can still be blamed on white people. ''New York Times'' columnist Nell Irvin Painter, wrote that the Indian boys were “enacting American whiteness through anti-black assault in a very traditional way.”<ref>https://summit.news/2019/10/28/new-york-times-columnist-blames-whiteness-for-two-indian-boys-racially-abusing-black-girls-in-new-jersey/</ref> |