When the newspaper's publisher, Amos Schocken, was asked on Twitter if he did not think Masalha's tongue was racist ("his black color looks very faded"), he initially said no, as "indistinguishable from the context", but eventually agreed and admitted that it might make sense. Of Masalha, who interpreted his experience in the field as racism towards him, was “to respond in racist language to show that racism can be two-way.” In other words, the Haaretz publisher admits that his newspaper gave rise to a racist remark by one of his writers. | When the newspaper's publisher, Amos Schocken, was asked on Twitter if he did not think Masalha's tongue was racist ("his black color looks very faded"), he initially said no, as "indistinguishable from the context", but eventually agreed and admitted that it might make sense. Of Masalha, who interpreted his experience in the field as racism towards him, was “to respond in racist language to show that racism can be two-way.” In other words, the Haaretz publisher admits that his newspaper gave rise to a racist remark by one of his writers. |