Matthew Yglesias: 'If you want to kill someone in America and avoid jail time, make sure to kill a young black man.'

We’re used to asinine tweets from Matthew Yglesias (see here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, just for starters), but last night’s tweet may have set a new low.

@mattyglesias @lisang majority of murder convicts in America have killed a black man

— Oren Yaniv (@OrenYaniv) July 14, 2013

https://twitter.com/lisang/status/356235627089510400

Indeed.

Why does Slate continue to employ this guy?