{"id":119687,"date":"2021-02-06T11:50:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T16:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=119687"},"modified":"2021-02-06T12:14:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T17:14:36","slug":"new-york-times-reporter-resigns-amid-allegations-he-used-a-racial-slur-in-2019-ignore-context-and-intent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-reporter-resigns-amid-allegations-he-used-a-racial-slur-in-2019-ignore-context-and-intent\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Reporter Resigns Amid Allegations He Used A Racial Slur In 2019, Ignore Context And Intent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-times-reporter-resigns-amid-allegations-he-used-a-racial-slur-in-2019-ignore-context-and-intent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=119687&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230974699.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A New York Times reporter has resigned following allegations that he made racist comments while on an educational trip in Peru in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Donald McNeil Jr. was the Times\u2019 top reporter on the coronavirus pandemic, but the year-old allegations caught up with him, resulting in his resignation on Friday. The Daily Beast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/star-new-york-times-reporter-donald-mcneil-accused-of-using-n-word-making-other-racist-comments\">reported<\/a> the allegations on January 28, 2021, which included vague descriptions of McNeil\u2019s allegedly racist behavior.<\/p>\n<p>The accusations stem from an annual summer trip that features Times reporters who inform high-school students about various countries and issues. In 2019, the trip took place in Peru and featured McNeil, who taught students about community-based health care.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple students and their parents told the Beast that McNeil \u201crepeatedly made racist and sexist remarks throughout the trip including, according to two complaints, using the \u2018n-word.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least six students or parents told the tour company that organized the trip that McNeil repeatedly used racist language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo students specifically alleged that the science reporter used the \u2018n-word\u2019 and suggested he did not believe in the concept of white privilege; three other participants alleged that McNeil made racist comments and used stereotypes about Black teenagers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The participants included the allegations in their reviews, which make vague references to what McNeil allegedly said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only did Donald say various racist comments on numerous occasions, but he was also disrespectful to many students during mealtimes and in other settings,\u201d&nbsp;one person wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would change the journalist. He was a racist,\u201d wrote another. \u201cHe used the \u2018N\u2019 word, said horrible things about black teenagers, and said white supremacy doesn\u2019t exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t respectful during some of the traditional ceremonies we attended with indigenous healers\/shamans,\u201d another wrote. \u201cHe made students in the program feel uncomfortable with his remarks. I was really disappointed after hearing great things about his work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times told the Beast it investigated McNeil after the trip, when the allegations were made, and \u201cdisciplined Donald for statements and language that had been inappropriate and inconsistent with our values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found he had used bad judgment by repeating a racist slur in the context of a conversation about racist language. In addition, we apologized to the students who had participated in the trip,\u201d the Times added.<\/p>\n<p>McNeil released an apology following his resignation, in which he explained the context behind his use of a racial slur in a conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn a 2019 New York Times trip to Peru for high school students, I was asked at dinner by a student whether I thought a classmate of hers should have been suspended for a video she had made as a 12-year-old in which she used a racial slur,\u201d McNeil wrote. \u201cTo understand what was in the video, I asked if she had called someone else the slur or whether she was rapping or quoting a book title. In asking the question, I used the slur itself. I should not have done that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOriginally, I thought the context in which I used this ugly word could be defended,\u201d he added. \u201cI now realize that it cannot. It is deeply offensive and hurtful. The fact that I even thought I could defend it itself showed extraordinarily bad judgement. For that I apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Erik Wemple, The Washington Post\u2019s Erik Wemple <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErikWemple\/status\/1357807684674871297\">added<\/a> that New York Times editors Dean Baquet and Joe Kahn wrote, \u201cWe do not tolerate racist language regardless of intent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times was made aware of the allegations shortly after the trip, and alerted its public relations department and publisher, A.G. Sulzberger, figuring the allegations would be made public at some point.<\/p>\n<p>Internal action was taken against McNeil, but now that the allegations have been made public, he has resigned.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York Times reporter has resigned following allegations that he made racist comments while on an educational trip in Peru in 2019. 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