Most of white journalism twitter was a flutter about the @nytopinion Tom Cotton Op-Ed becuase they saw it as an embarrassing PR crisis that cost an editor his job.

Many Black people saw the piece for what it was: A dangerous incitement to violence against black protestors.

— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) August 27, 2020

The problem with the overwhelming whiteness of American media is the constant failure to deeply grapple with the unspeakable violence that white people have historically wielded against non-whites.

And that white violence is a force that still shapes America.

— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) August 27, 2020