I'm not doing this Marnita.

This article is not a condemnation of black people. Far from it. It's not an attempt to label anybody. It's pointing to a real problem, that has many causes, from within and without the black community, that affects black people negatively.

I have a reasonable laypersons' understanding of neuroscience. And yes, all humans engage in negativity bias. What I'm saying is that, for various reasons, black people are hit with a combination of negativity bias, availability bias (the hyperfocus on negative black stories in news and music and movies), and hypervigilance (the default presumption in stories that affect black people that racism is the cause).

This combination is psychologically toxic for black people. It's a web that any category of people could be in. But that some number of black people are in. The fact that you've taken an article aimed at positivity about black progress, and turned it into some kind of an attack, simply could not be a more prefect example of the problem I'm pointing to. I even predicted this response in the article itself:

"Some people will read these facts and feel as if they’re under attack. They’ll rack their brains for evidence of black struggles or handwave these examples of progress away as trivial. They’ll react as if allowing even a moment of positivity is a betrayal."