Sarah Jeong, a recent hire at the New York Times, has been outed for having a history of tweets that display hatred and general dislike of white people.

She previously tweeted, “Oh man, it’s kind of sick how much joy I get from being cruel to old white men.” (RELATED: NYTimes’ Newest Hire Sent Anti-White Racist Tweets)

Democrats have redefined racism precisely so people like Sarah Jeong can say racist things and still get jobs at the New York Times. pic.twitter.com/ibjWFy5NLi — Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) August 2, 2018

The New York Times has now defended Jeong’s hire:

Our statement in response to criticism of the hiring of Sarah Jeong. pic.twitter.com/WryIgbaoqg — NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) August 2, 2018

Now, a number of left-leaning journalists are coming out of the woodwork to defend Jeong and the Times for keeping her.

most of the people attacking sarah jeong are the same ones sending all of us who are nonwhite on twitter the threatening messages that we have to report. — Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 2, 2018

Hot take: sarah jeong is hilarious — Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) August 2, 2018

i love these fucking morons who think they’ve caught you in some kind of Logic Trap. yes, obviously sarah jeong’s tweets were absolutely fine https://t.co/lOdiSAQbWu — libby watson (@libbycwatson) August 2, 2018

The people who are very concerned about Sarah Jeong being “racist” seem to be quite comfortable with actual racism unless it’s “racism” against white people which is not racism and you could blow me over with a feather, I do declare. — Courtney Enlow (@courtenlow) August 2, 2018

Sarah Jeong is good, her haters are bad (terrible, even). It’s not difficult. — Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) August 2, 2018

I’m going to be clearer about this: @sarahjeong is one of the most insightful people we have on this entire internet. There is no way anyone will take her down with this laughable junk but they should all feel ashamed of themselves for trying. — Dara Lind (@DLind) August 2, 2018

anti-black sentiment and anti-white sentiment are not morally equivalent because the country wasn’t founded 45 minutes ago and our long and complex history has generated systemic oppression of nonwhite people to the exclusive advantage of white people. Also Sarah Jeong is good. — Sam Thielman (@samthielman) August 2, 2018

Sarah Jeong will outwrite, outthink, and outlast all you motherfuckers but good luck being fragile racist misogynists — your friend Helen (@hels) August 2, 2018

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