Should the New York Times have hired Sarah Jeong?

Sarah Jeong is a recent hire at the New York Times. Her hiring has generated controversy because of anti-white Tweets she made in the past.

Here’s an image showing some of the controversial tweets:

https://i.imgur.com/ErwAy4O.png

Detractors from the right are calling the NYT hypocritical and labeling Jeong a racist. Jeong has expressed regret for the tweets in statements, but claims they were “trolling” and “satire” in response to racist tweets she herself had received, as an Asian American woman.

Should the Times have hired her? (They were aware of her Tweets when she was hired; it’s not as if they came as a surprise now). Is what she posted indefensible or racist? Or is this all much ado about nothing?