Last weekend, the New York Times ran an excerpt from a forthcoming biography of Lin-Manuel Miranda under the headline: “How Lin-Manuel Miranda Weathered the Storm.” The “storm” in question was started by Ishmael Reed in an essay for CounterPunch rebuking Miranda for his staging of Hamilton, a play venerating the writers of the Constitution, including its infamous 3/5s clause, with Black actors.

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