Michael Hurst
2 min readAug 20, 2021

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Let me summarize your story. It's actually easy - when Black people excoriate White people for their racism, it is justified. When White people blanche at that criticism, it is because they are fragile and weak.

Sorry, that dog don't hunt. Black people are adamant, angry, and vociferous when White people lump them together. When we progressives complain that you were responsible for the nomination of Biden, who was largely responsible for the changes in laws that imprisoned millions of Black men, shafting Bernie who was on your side, you will protest that all Black people don't follow the same path, you have differences of opinion. Yet you, evidenced by this diatribe, believe all White people are the same, full stop.

You are apparently of the same opinion as Marley K. that "Yes, All White People Are Racist". And if I protest that I do not do the things you say racists do, you will lump me as a "White Woker", as Catherine Pugh did. If I protest that I am not racist, that means I am racist. And if I complain about that, you call me fragile.

Sorry, bud. I've read about 50 articles attacking me as part of a group based strictly because I have pink skin. I'm fully aware of my good qualities and my failings, I understand the history and the tragedy of what White people have done to other races in the past, and in the present, and I don't need you to "educate" me. I'm not hurt at all by your attacks. You do not define me. But if you want me on your side, you should think about holstering that middle finger. Otherwise I have other pressing issues facing humanity that I am concerned about. You may not realize it, but your problems are not the only problems facing the human race. It's not always about you.

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Michael Hurst
Michael Hurst

Written by Michael Hurst

Economist and public policy analyst, cyclist and paddler, and incorrigible old coot.

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