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They didn't even explain why they agreed to withhold his name?!

I seem to remember the NYT declining to publish the Trump campaign’s dossier on JD Vance, because it allegedly came from Iran and wasn’t “newsworthy.” Yet THIS is acceptable?

He checked boxes… that we should have expected him to check! What is controversial?

Wow -- The Guardian has already reported this guy's name. "the account is apparently run by Jordan Lasker, a long-time proponent of eugenics... boosted or engaged with dozens of times by Elon Musk, often on the topic of falling birthrates." bsky.app/profile/eyes...

The unstated revelation is that they could totally get Trump’s transcripts if they tried

“I was going to vote for Mamdani but after finding out he listed himself as African American in his college application, I’ve changed my mind and decided to vote for the serial sexual harasser.”

White USians don’t understand why the boxes don’t match his identity perfectly. Alien concept.

Now, if he were one of those white South Africans who Trump allowed to come here fleeing "persecution", calling himself "African-American" would be just fine.

"academic"... Dude probably wrote his thesis in crayon, and it reads like a manifesto. (Because it is a manifesto.)

It took three whole people to report this?

As someone who identifies as Middle-Eastern, this was entirely common as a concern and issue even when I was applying for colleges. Anyone who doesn't fit into one of the "acceptable boxes" on the forms is usually left with no good answers. It's really weird for them to focus on this.

breaking news: he's not a nepo baby and we're a bunch of fucking outrageous late 1800s style racists

Bullshit sabotage.

The story is some of the major decision-makers at the Times read Cremieux, who I think is one of those race-science posters on X who cultivates a liberal audience.

That's...that's literally just true?

He went to one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country, but not an Ivy League university. This is significant to the three worst, most insufferable people you know, and that's it.

Apparently the story is the paper of record published FERPA protected data for…reasons?

for the record

His explanation was totally coherent.

They’re saying the quiet part out loud. They really think Eric Adams remains qualified to be mayor?

It’s open ended propaganda. Anyone who is looking to be mad at him can find a reason “oh he called himself African-America”. Oh he tried to use quota’s to get ahead of white people” “he’s not Asian”, “Ivy league elitist”. Doesn’t matter if any of it is true or not, truth isn’t the point

So... he checked boxes that accurately reflect his background? I'm so confused.

He’s Indian ethnically and was born and raised in Africa til age 7. Literally both Asian and African American. Not sure what’s so newsworthy about this

Man it sure would be awkward for the New York Times if Uganda was in Africa and India was in Asia.

The implication is that he got into Bowdoin because he lied and said he was Black on that application too (but eugenicists didn’t hack into Bowdoin’s archive of college applications yet so they can’t be sure)

He didn't even go to the fucking University! It's vile.

I had a good friend who was Ugandan Asian. Half the family then moved to the UK, at a difficult time. Figuring out your identity in real life, over time, is personal and far from a tick box activity.

Truly don't understand why this guy got anonymity. Makes zero sense from an editorial standpoint.

I’ve been informed by the comments under mine of the situation, no need to keep chiming in

It's not a secret, NYT just decided to pretend because it doesn't sound good that their 'source' is like a full-on nazi.

"cremieux," eh?

You just have to be "an opponent of affirmative action" for the NYT to usefully conceal your identity for their narrative purpose.

describing cremieux as an "academic and opponent of affirmative action" jfc

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Also a half elf fighter mage.

You joke, but that's actually not far off from his reddit username, TrannyPornO

Deep Finger-Down-My-Throat

Once again, my decision to cancel my subscription is affirmed.

What a wimpy scandal - not even in the same orbit as Cuomo's or the current mayor's. Weak sauce.

really incredible to see the NYT one-upping itself over and over again in the fascist ball-gargling competition

at least one neo-nazi on the editorial board

times proving they want to be this era's der stürmer yet again

Why did the Times agree to withhold his name?

Funny how these wannabe patriarchs are the sort of guys no woman in her right mind would allow anywhere near her.

I love–hate that the Times keeps justifying my decision to cancel my subscription/divest.

KEY WORDS. OPPONANT of Affirmative action

His name is Barrest Jeffries. They picked him up twice for cooking up methamphetamine.

Lol, this is the same guy who killed one of the stats twitter group chats because he's a eugenisist and people didn't want to be in a group chat with someone who could harm their careers/reputations (rightly so).

I work with student data, and woah, this is a major breach.

It's particularly bonkers, because it is already well-known that this "anonymous" academic is Jordan Lasker. And yet, the Times is perfectly happy to pretend that he's still anonymous, simply because he's an odious racist and self-proclaimed eugenicist. Another great job by the Paper of Record.

The irony of getting to be an anonymous source when you are sharing hacked data that violates the privacy of others.

Until he sends their asses to alligator Alcatraz when they piss him off. Fucking idiots. It's just going to fuel the populist movement. They have no idea what's coming.

Right? Quelle surprise.

If you’re not willing to go on record then it’s not worth the paper it’s printed on

Thinking this asshole totally wrote this piece after seeing the eugenicist posting this on x...and if that's the case it would make me very suspicious of the beliefs of the writer as well

Just a reminder, the Times received some materials hacked from Trumpworld last year. I'm sure they're still working on that story.

curiouser and curiouser

phew thank god that racist is allowed to anonymous. Who knows what could happen to him.

The Times agreed to withhold his real name on the account it would make our institution look undeniably racist.

“Crémieux on Substack and X. He provided the data under condition of anonymity” So this dude out people, but once to be anonymous. Sure that seems fair.

I understand the need to protect anonymity, but "opponent of affirmative action" is utterly inadequate as a description of Lasker's agenda.

His name is Jordan Lasker, and it's barely a secret

wow

incredible to label someone an “academic” under a pseudonym

The NYT can anonymously interview Satan next.

isn't that a FERPA violation?

And who's damaged by such use.