Ebony editor assumes RNC staffer is a ‘white dude,’ tells him to shut up

http://twitter.com/#!/redsteeze/status/449207363589791744

Anyone up for some good, old-fashioned racism? Ebony senior digital editor Jamilah Lemieux sure is! This morning, she went after RNC deputy press secretary Raffi Williams (Juan Williams’ son):

http://twitter.com/#!/Raffiwilliams/status/414073913807998976

His offense? Daring to challenge her narrow-mindedness about black conservatives:

http://twitter.com/#!/EdMorrissey/status/449197870122409985

News Ninja’s Wayne Dupree captured the exchange. Those tweets are included below, along with some others that showcase Lemieux’s charm:

http://twitter.com/#!/BETpolitichick/status/449179470038327296

http://twitter.com/#!/JamilahLemieux/status/449180106851090432

Ignorance is bliss, after all.

http://twitter.com/#!/Raffiwilliams/status/449180625506144256

Williams made a fair point. And Lemieux didn’t like that:

http://twitter.com/#!/Raffiwilliams/status/449180970990972928

http://twitter.com/#!/JamilahLemieux/status/449181182392291329

Typical leftist. Why engage when you can lash out?

http://twitter.com/#!/Raffiwilliams/status/449181564333981697

http://twitter.com/#!/JamilahLemieux/status/449181984330612737

Sounds like a great gal, no?

http://twitter.com/#!/JamilahLemieux/status/449182090933047296

Oh, and did she mention that conservatives are stupid?

http://twitter.com/#!/JamilahLemieux/status/449182624641454080

http://twitter.com/#!/JamilahLemieux/status/449182831626190849

How original.

Seeing a bitter lib punch up at conservatives is nothing new, but the idea of portraying minority conservatives as race traitors never ceases to amaze.

http://twitter.com/#!/KatMcKinley/status/449211056255037440

According to Lemieux, she did apologize:

http://twitter.com/#!/JamilahLemieux/status/449198775505268736

That wasn’t an apology, honey.

http://twitter.com/#!/LoneWolf907/status/449209600223363073

Also not an apology? Insulting the people who rightly called you out for playing the race card:

http://twitter.com/#!/JamilahLemieux/status/449199272404467712

http://twitter.com/#!/JamilahLemieux/status/449200341624832000

http://twitter.com/#!/JamilahLemieux/status/449201470039425024

Needless to say, she’s got issues.

http://twitter.com/#!/sqwerin/status/449208195261923328

http://twitter.com/#!/BenHowe/status/449199252666068993

http://twitter.com/#!/coolhandschlute/status/449205734467592193

http://twitter.com/#!/sheepdog5931/status/449208357870505985

http://twitter.com/#!/RBPundit/status/449203556995055617

Yep.

http://twitter.com/#!/ellencarmichael/status/449197187059429376

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Update:

‘Fake-ass outrage’: Netroots Nation media director Elon James White defends racist Ebony editor

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/03/27/ebony-editor-assumes-rnc-staffer-raffi-williams-is-a-white-dude-tells-him-to-shut-up/

Ebony editor assumes RNC staffer is a ‘white dude,’ tells him to shut up

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‘STFU forever’! Haters get nasty after Reince Priebus defends Raffi Williams

http://twitter.com/#!/Freefree0Bobbie/status/449555361884672000

Earlier today, RNC Chair Reince Priebus called on Ebony to apologize for its editor Jamilah Lemieux’s vile attack on RNC deputy press secretary Raffi Williams:

http://twitter.com/#!/Reince/status/449543910101356544

He also wrote a letter to Ebony’s editor in chief Amy Barnett:

http://twitter.com/#!/kakukowski/status/449536300639870976

Here’s part of it:

Raffi deserves an apology from Ms. Lemieux and from EBONY—not just for making assumptions about his race but more importantly for dismissing black Republicans and the validity of their opinions in public discourse.

In their Twitter exchange, Ms. Lemieux said she had “no interest” in a conversation about encouraging diversity of thought. I’m hopeful, however, that she does not speak for the entire magazine and that we can use this unfortunate episode as a catalyst for greater engagement and understanding between the Republican Party and the black community.

But lefties didn’t appreciate Priebus accurately calling what Lemieux wrote a “personal attack.” So, naturally, they responded by attacking him — and the GOP, natch:

http://twitter.com/#!/iHumble/status/449579388435431424

http://twitter.com/#!/Shakestweetz/status/449567019717783553

http://twitter.com/#!/GoBrooklyn/status/449571956476891139

http://twitter.com/#!/JenMeanIt/status/449586068124233729

http://twitter.com/#!/elonjames/status/449582185779974144

http://twitter.com/#!/LilyBolourian/status/449555446081536001

http://twitter.com/#!/carmenvellon/status/449545466582405122

http://twitter.com/#!/MFN_Ty/status/449588961640742912

http://twitter.com/#!/AD_Renaissance/status/449583963062165504

http://twitter.com/#!/GoBrooklyn/status/449548879940558848

http://twitter.com/#!/corey_smith80/status/449584842955431936

http://twitter.com/#!/meadowgirl/status/449569377524797441

Ain’t civility great?

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Related:

Ebony editor assumes RNC staffer Raffi Williams is a ‘white dude,’ tells him to shut up

‘Fake-ass outrage’: Netroots Nation media director Elon James White defends racist Ebony editor

‘Go Raffi!’ RNC staffer targeted by racist Ebony editor appears on FOX & Friends 

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/03/28/stfu-forever-haters-get-nasty-after-reince-priebus-defends-raffi-williams-calls-on-ebony-to-apologize/

‘STFU forever’! Haters get nasty after Reince Priebus defends Raffi Williams

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