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In reply to the discussion: This Is the America White People Wished For. This Is the America White People Want [View all]Garrett78
(10,721 posts)1) sheshe2 didn't write the article. Therefore, you shouldn't refer to it as her screed. Simple as that. I've posted numerous articles, and I generally do so because I agree with them, but that doesn't make me the author.
2) Nobody has this reading comprehension issue when headlines start with "marine turtles" or "black farmers" or "drug makers" or "Puerto Ricans" (just a few of the examples that I can point to here on DU). Everyone understands in those instances that there's an implied qualifier. But, when the headline starts with "white people," all of a sudden brains shut off. Those brains that understood perfectly well that there was an implied qualifier in those other instances are suddenly demanding the use of a qualifier (even when the article's author goes on to make it perfectly clear that he or she is not referring to *all* white people). So, no, this isn't about parsing or gaming...it's about people being very selective in taking offense (which, ironically, only goes to reinforce the problem that is white denial).