The Narcissism of Youth

By BABETTE HALE 

The Twitterverse for the past few days has been steaming over a satirical poem in the April 4 New Yorker by long time contributor, Calvin Trillin, a man widely known for his opinions on barbecue. The subject of the doggerel is the popularity of Chinese cooking by province among trendy foodies. But never mind that. The uproar is over racism. Mr. Trillin is eighty years old and white. His record as a writer is long and distinguished and carries with it no hint of racism.

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