CHRISTOPHER RUFO: The New Yorker’s Racialism Problem.

Publications like the New Yorker have long worn the halo of “antiracism.” But “antiracism” has always had an exception, which can no longer be denied, for whites and Jews—the “tricknological” oppressors who, in the minds of people like St. Felix, apparently deserve a steady stream of racialist vituperation. After all, the very term “tricknological” was coined by the Nation of Islam, whose leader, Louis Farrakhan, never concealed his hatreds in euphemism or intellectualization.

Some writers have called for St. Felix to make a public apology, or even for the New Yorker to fire their “star writer.” My preferred outcome to the Doreen St. Felix affair would be silence. Rather than engage in Kabuki theater, we should simply accept the fact that the entire premise of the BLM era was never about “antiracism.” It was always a fraud, from top to bottom. If the New Yorker simply moves on without comment, none of us will have to pretend anymore, or delegate our moral conscience to magazines, DEI manifestos, and the rest of the rotten edifice. It is better to accept the reality than to continue to live in the delusion.

The “racial reckoning” that produced writers such as St. Felix was not about helping minorities. It was about punishing the majority. All of the preening over the past decade was empty. It helped no one except grifters and hustlers who used it to vent their spleens and line their pockets.

For making this reality so plain, Doreen St. Felix deserves not our condemnation, but our gratitude. She revealed the truth for all of us to see.

Rufo has the New Yorker boxed in — if they remain silent, he’s proven his point. If they fire St. Felix or order her to apologize for her racist tweets, he’s proven his point.

Related: Rufo in February: The Right Is Changing Cancel Culture’s Rules.