National Review fires John Derbyshire

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[color=windowtext]national review fires john derbyshire

the national review has fired longtime columnist john derbyshire following an article he wrote for an online magazine that was widely viewed as racist.

"[derbyshire's] latest provocation, in a webzine, lurches from the politically incorrect to the nasty and indefensible," national review editor rich lowry wrote in a statement posted late saturday night.

"we never would have published it, but the main reason that people noticed it is that it is by a national review writer. derb is effectively using our name to get more oxygen for views with which we’d never associate ourselves otherwise. so there has to be a parting of the ways." …

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/04/national-review-fires-john-derbyshire-119887.html

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[color=windowtext][color=windowtext]the talk: nonblack version [color=windowtext]by john derbyshire april 05, 2012 - http://takimag.com/article/the_talk_...#axzz1rzshzswo

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