I always wonder how The New York Times gave Bill Kristol a columnist gig. Same goes for Thomas Friedman. Here’s Friedman’s latest gem that’s supposed to show off his knowledge of the world outside these United States (Friedman competes for that prize with Nicholas Kristoff on the Times op-ed page):
Walking through the Olympic Village the other day, here’s what struck me most: the Russian team all looks Russian; the African team all looks African; the Chinese team all looks Chinese; and the American team looks like all of them.
The title of this blog is ironic if you haven’t figured it out yet. Thanks Thomas Friedman. I’ll go sit under my olive tree.
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That is rather funny, but at the same time not.
Georgie W made the same blunder. The question poses itself: why do they? Because the African is dismissed as, “they all look alike, anyway.”
Consider: The Asian team all looks Asian. WTF.
What do you expect?
Sigh.
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Perhaps he meant “the African _teams_ all look African”?
Jon,
That’s the NY Times. It probably went through 5 editors. I doubt it. This is the same paper who identified Tigers in Africa.