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By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 3/28 3:29pm

Media and Race

Chris Hayes. (Photo: MSNBC).

MSNBC Anchor Chris Hayes Uses Quotas

MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes uses racial and gender quotas to make sure that his show Up with Chris Hayes (which he announced he is leaving for primetime earlier this month) is not all just white dudes, reports Columbia Journalism Review. Media Matters published a chart earlier this month that showed that 57 percent of the guests on Mr. Hayes’ show were not white men, which makes it the most diverse of any of the Sunday morning talk shows.

How did he get that result in an industry known for its lack of diversity? Read More

By Drew Grant 4/09/12 2:24pm

Media and Race

Taki Theodoracopulos with 'Greek Pudding' Arianna Huffington (PcM)

Taki’s Mag Founder Speaks Out on John Derbyshire Race Controversy: ‘It’s Nice to Be Light Sometimes’

“I don’t think he did anything that extraordinary, to point out what Blacks themselves point out,” Taki Theodoracopulos told The Observer over the phone this afternoon.

He was talking about National Review journalist John Derbyshire’s controversial article, “The Talk: Nonblack Version,” written for Mr. Theodoracopulos’ namesake webzine, Taki’s Mag.

Within 72 hours after its publication, the Review announced that it was “parting ways” with Mr. Derbyshire, saying that the author was using the conservative publication’s name to “to get more oxygen for views with which we’d never associate ourselves otherwise.” National Review‘s Editor-In-Chief Rich Lowry said the piece “lurches from the politically incorrect to the nasty and indefensible.”

Mr. Theodoracopulos, who called himself a “great fan” of Taki’s Mag (which is actually edited by his daughter, while dad plays the role of curator, pulling in big names from his thick Rolodex), had his own opinion of why Mr. Derbyshire was let go. Read More

By Drew Grant 4/07/12 9:51pm

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'National Review' shocked that one of their writers is politically incorrect

National Review ‘Parted Ways’ with John Derbyshire for Being Racist in a Publication Other Than Its Own

We hope Taki’s Magazine pays as much money as print publications. John Derbyshire, the British journalist and author who recently wrote an article entitled “The Talk: Nonblack Version” for Taki Theodoracopulos‘ “webzine,” is out of his day job. The conservative National Review “parted ways” with Mr. Derbyshire following The Observer‘s discovery of his piece for niche website which included tips like:

“(10c) If planning a trip to a beach or amusement park at some date, find out whether it is likely to be swamped with blacks on that date (neglect of that one got me the closest I have ever gotten to death by gunshot).

Gawker and other publications soon caught wind of the story, and in less that 48 hours he was relieved of his position for being so blatantly politically incorrect in someone else’s publication, instead of just subtly implying that African-Americans are destroying this country (as is the in-house style of the Review). Read More

By Drew Grant 4/05/12 2:23pm

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John Derbyshire, expert on the Blacks (Getty Images)

John Derbyshire’s Advice on How to Talk to Your Children About Black People

We’re still a little confused about the spirit in which to take articles written in Taki’s Magazine, socialite/journalist Taki Theodoracopulos “politics and culture” website. With long, often  provocative essays by everyone from Pat Buchanan to Jim Goad to Gavin McInnes, we’re not sure how seriously the ‘zine takes itself.
For instance, how tongue-in-cheek is this John Derbyshire essay, The Talk: Nonblack Version, in which the National Review journalist lays down several points on how he plans on discussing race with his children. It’s…well…bold, we guess you can say. Read More