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The New York Times, one of the world鈥檚 most famous newspapers, has resisted calls to fire a new member of its editorial board, after some people reacted angrily when a few of her old tweets were shared.

Sarah Jeong, a tech and legal journalist, had posted several messages mocking white people back in 2014, in one case joking that she hopes they鈥檒l become extinct. She has responded that these messages were posted in reaction to racist, misogynist abuse she had received herself.

The New York Times says it was aware of Sarah Jeong鈥檚 social media history prior to hiring her, and that being a young, Asian woman 鈥渕ade her a subject of frequent online harassment鈥�.

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