Those ethical choices often are made every day at a time, minute by minute in ways that you may not even relate to ethics, so I'm going to walk them through the whole story from that perspective and hopefully they'll be able to walk away with something good from it.
From Jayson Blair
Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive.
I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.
You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to come out. The good, the bad, the ugly.
I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.'
Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do to show my remorse other than to say that I'm remorseful.
You face racism in small and large ways.
I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.
I have lived a life that has been beautiful and painful at some moments. But I am convinced others can learn how to control a certain kind of rage that bubbles up in many Americans, particularly, but not limited to, women, blacks, and other minorities.
If they're all so brilliant and I'm such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn't catch me?
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