I’m asking because I just came across this line, in a critique of The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism, a book about slavery in America:
Almost all the blacks in his book are victims, almost all the whites villains. This is not history; it is advocacy.
[Edit: I was so stunned, I forgot the link. Here it is.]
I read that and nearly choked on my tea.
There is, of course, a twitter hashtag making fun of this now:
#economistbookreviews
http://fortressamerica.gawker.com/lets-look-at-these-slavery-inspired-economistbookrevie-1630770888/+gabriellebluestone
And… the column has been withdrawn… (still retrievable)
Some comments from the book’s author here:
http://www.thewire.com/culture/2014/09/the-economist-is-sorry-about-its-not-all-slave-masters-book-review/379685/
Oh, come on!
Sounds like a line that would come from a college newspaper editor: “but it’s not balanced!!1one”