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Is The New York Times Racist?

What does America's most powerful newspaper using a race scientist as a source mean for journalism?

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Michael Harriot
Jul 09, 2025
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Mark Myrie does not believe he’s a drug dealer.

In July 2009, Myrie, a Jamaican living in Miami, met a real drug dealer, a Colombian immigrant who introduced himself as “Junior.” After the two men struck up a conversation during an eight-hour international flight, Junior revealed he was an international drug trafficker. Over the next five mon…

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