NYT grants anonymity to a eugenicist in order to smear Mamdani
This story should not have been published. They hint at an accusation (Mamdani said he is black to get into a fancy college) they can’t back up. That this was published tells me that Mamdani’s most important opponent may not be Cuomo or Adams but a paper whose NEWS section will run stuff like this.
— Perry Bacon (@perrybaconjr.bsky.social) Jul 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The NYT granted anonymity to a eugenicist (www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025…) who obtained hacked college records in order to break the news that Zohran Mamdani, who was born in Uganda to Indian parents, checked both the “Asian” and “Black or African American” boxes on his college application.
— Peter Sterne (@petersterne.com) Jul 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
this is so so gross; I’m astounded.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes.bsky.social) Jul 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In March, The Guardian reported:
One of the speakers at the [natalist] conference is billed under a social media alias, Cremieux, but the Guardian has corroborated that the account is apparently run by Jordan Lasker, a long-time proponent of eugenics.
The @cremieuxrecueil X account has been boosted or engaged with dozens of times by that platform’s proprietor, Elon Musk, often on the topic of falling birthrates.
On 27 November, Musk reposted a Cremieux comment on falling birthrates, adding: “With rare exception, all countries are trending towards population collapse.”
On 29 April, Cremieux posted: “Only about a third of the world even meets replacement rate fertility. This is the biggest problem of our time.” Musk responded: “Yes.”
Musk has also boosted or responded favorably to Cremieux posts on other rightwing hobby horses such as crime in Portland, Oregon, and allegations that Democrats had created loopholes in the asylum system.
Away from X, Cremieux runs a Substack also featuring posts on the supposed relationships between race and IQ. A prominently featured post there seeks to defend the argument that average national IQs vary by up to 40 points, with countries in Europe, North America, and East Asia at the high end and countries in the global south at the low end, and several African countries purportedly having average national IQs at a level that experts associate with mental impairment. [Continue reading…]