Grifters. The Robin DiAngelos and the Ibram X Kendis. It's no coincidence that the people who have done the most to confuse our understanding of the word "racism" are the same people who have profitied the most from that confusion.

I think the damage that's being done to our discourse in the process is just a side effect. It's people in politics and education realising, "Hey! I can use this moment to gain a little power too!"

But yeah, you're preaching to the converted on the microaggression stuff. I think it's ridiculous. There are worthwhile conversations to be had about why you might expect most African Americans in a building to be security guards instead of senior members of staff. The fact that this is true in many office buildings around the country suggests that there's a separate issue there.

But acting as if you should be immune to the generalisation is largely unreasonable. And firing somebody for it is ridiculous.