Author and Political Commentator

Jim Sleeper

1 article 1997

Jim Sleeper is a writer and political commentator known for his work on race, civic culture, and urban politics in America. He is the author of several books, including "Liberal Racism" and "The Closest of Strangers," and has taught at Yale University. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 1997, writing about affirmative action and Ward Connerly's political efforts.

WARD CONNERLY GETS PINCHED

August 11, 1997 · Magazine

AS I WORKED THIS WINTER on my book Liberal Racism, I had an impish notion: Why not examine how New York Times publisher Arthur ("Pinch") Sulzberger Jr.'s tangled ethnic and religious roots have nourished his obsession with diversity? "It is not enough just to hire a more racially and sexually…