Michael Hurst
Jan 26, 2021

The articles about "Whiteness" are like this. Marley K, Catherine Pugh, Umair Hague, plenty of others, inspired by Te Nahisi Coates. According to Marley K. you are racist, because you are White. And if you protest that you are not racist, it means unquestionably you are racist. There is no middle ground in these White-guilt articles, nuance is non-existent. There are no good White people, which is why you are supposed to follow the new script on how to be a better White person. The addition of just a few adjectives would make the articles more reasonable and relevant, but Catherine Pugh wrote one time that she doesn't have time for adjectives. Although the adjective "all" seems to get in there just fine.

Michael Hurst
Michael Hurst

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

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