JD Vance’s statement is an echo of a white supremacist flier distributed at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in 2017: “Don’t apologize for being white.”
Obviously, Vance needs to apologize for being racist. 6/6 🧵

JD Vance’s statement is an echo of a bumper sticker at a Georgia fair in 2002: “Never Apologize for Being White.” 5/6 🧵

JD Vance’s statement is an echo of a Klan leader in Florida, who declared in 1990: “Why should we apologize for being white?” 4/6 🧵

JD Vance’s statement is an echo of a Klan leader who declared in Louisiana in 1971: “Never will I apologize for being a white man who favors white supremacy.” 3/6 🧵

JD Vance’s statement is an echo of virulently racist Georgia Gov. Herman Talmadge in the 1950s, who opposed ”race mixing” and said: “I don’t apologize for being a white man.” 2/6 🧵

And just for the record, I don’t know anyone who ever apologized for being white. I am aware of some people who apologized for being racist.

NYT’s Baker writes: “Actions that once shocked the system can eventually become seen as normal.” Yet NYT is part of that normalization process.
Will the news media ever pull the fire alarm? Or will they keep betraying their duty because of the 3 C’s: cowardice, cluelessness and complicity? 4/4