Ishmael Reed: Racist Humor or Just Racism at the New Yorker?

July 21, 2008

Racist Humor or Just Racism at the New Yorker?

Remnick’s Latest Blunder

By ISHMAEL REED

Undoubtedly, David Remnick is a good editor, but he sometimes exercises poor judgement. He says that we met while I taught at the University of California at Berkeley. I don’t remember. I first noticed him when he wrote a review of one of my novels, ”The Terrible Twos,” for The Washington Post. In it, he cited a typo that appeared in the uncorrected galleys to condemn the book.