The United Farm Workers co-founder had been celebrated as an exemplar of civil rights. Then, a Times investigation found extensive evidence of his abuse of women.
A mural dedicated to Cesar Chavez, among others, was covered in San Juan, Texas, after allegations that the United Farm Workers co-founder groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement.
Backlash against Jeremy Carl’s incendiary tweets and language caused him to withdraw his nomination for a State Department post. On “Interesting Times,” Ross Douthat challenges him on his use of phrases like “cultural genocide” and “great replacement.”
Think of the meme from Chinese American influencers as an absurdist joke, a wellness goal or an ironic expression of protest — or all of the above. Your ethnicity is beside the point.