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The New Republic (@tnr) February 08, 2013So, what’s with the all-white cover of the new issue of The New Republic? Is it an in-depth photo essay on Snowstorm Nemo? A tribute to famous white beat combo The Beatles? A cost-cutting stunt to save ink? No, if you look closely, you see the featured story about Republicans is called, “The Party of White People: An Historial Investigation.”
Sigh. We at Twitchy looked into this phenomenon called “white people” during last year’s presidential campaign, when it was apparently a very big deal. These white people were everywhere, turning out for rallies for both parties in large numbers, and they dominated the lineup at the Democratic National Convention. The Republican Convention had plenty of featured speakers who weren’t white people, but you might not have seen them if you were watching MSNBC.
So what new information does The New Republic have to share? The always reliable Ace of Spades reached out to the magazine’s editor-in-chief and white person, Chris Hughes, to find out what’s up.
so your first editorial declaration at TNR was a lie? @chrishughes "no partisan bias"? First issue, GOP, the party of white people?—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
care to share the diversity figures at TNR? @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
Because based on the TNR writers I know, the palette ranges all the way from pasty to eggshell. @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
My favorite movie is Shattered Glass just because I'm afraid of Black People and there are no blacks at TNR @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
TNR is a little a little slice of Connecticut (Not New London) @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
Some of us dream of an All-White Nation… but in the meantime we content ourselves with TNR's offices. @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
My Kleagle friend just emailed me about TNR, @chrishughes. "They get it," he says.—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
GOP: The Party of White People TNR: The Magazine of White People MSM: The Industry of White People @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
The GOP has a higher percentage of minorities than TNR does. Let's run the numbers and see what we see. @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
just because one of your extremely white staffers has a Ja Rule album (which he doesn't listen to) doesn't make him "diverse." @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
one time I got invited to a TNR party but I didn't go because it would look bad in my later career. The Augusta problem, and all @chrishuges—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
We don’t have a racial breakdown of The New Republic’s staff — strangely, it never occurred to us that we’d want to see such a thing — but we’d bet it’s almost as diverse as MSNBC’s primetime lineup, or Obama’s old campaign headquarters. So, what does #tnrdiversity look like?
TNR thinks it's diverse because one staffer once flipped through an issue of Vibe without reaching for his inhaler @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
TNR Diversity: Spencer Ackermann once caught twenty minutes of New Jack City @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
#tnrdiversity: Steven Glass once fabricated an article about Carl Weathers @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
#tnrdiversity: Jonathan Chait once flew coach and pronounced the coach culture to be "exotic, uninhibited" @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
#tnrdiversity: Andrew Sullivan once wondered "what Wesley Snipes is packing." @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
#tnrdiversity: The office is split evenly in passionate fandom, some for the English Premier league, others for Swarthy Wogs @chrishugues—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
#tnrdiversity: An albino polar bear, who is also a racist in the Klan, emailed me to say "TNR shames me" @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
#tnrdiversity: TNR's Diversity Officer's life is a non-stop swirl of dangerous experimental antidepressants and Shame-Cutting @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
#tnrdiversity: TNR's Diversity Officer is named Wilkins Brower Eeling III, and double-majored in squash and white privilege @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
#tnrdiversity, where children of the Upper Middle Educated Class mix seamlessly with Children of the Wealthy Professional Class @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
Stuff White People Like: #tnrdiversity—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
#tnrdiversity: We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock…. wait we did land on Plymouth Rock, carry on.—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
#tnrdiversity: whiter than hockey, but without that virtually-ethnic blue collar element @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
#tnrdiversity so seriously @chrishughes you want to share with us TNR's diversity numbers? Or is that a big white secret?—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
#tnrdiversity TNR has another white publisher, and another white EIC, presiding over more white Editors. The names change, the race doesn't.—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
#tnrdiversity Look at all the TNR minority staffers tweeting to rebut me… all zero of them. @chrishughes—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
It’s very possible that Ace has managed to do the near-impossible: create a job in the Obama economy.
#tnrdiversity right now @chrishughes is setting up a bike messenter with a twitter account and an office. You're welcome, Bike Messenger.—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013
@BrentCochran1 @chrishughes he looks hispanic in some light, though. His name is Garrison Carter. They've nicknamed him "Chico."—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) February 09, 2013