I mean, I agree. I’m sure many of the people who were infuriated by this have never thought twice about the way black people have been spoken about and portrayed for generations. The thing is, for those of us who claim to be against racism, we need to be against racism. No matter who it’s directed against.

To quote the best analogy I’ve ever heard about this issue, “Racism is like cancer. If we want to get rid of it, we have to cut out ALL of it. Otherwise it just comes roaring back.”

So yes, while I agree that lots of people pricked up their ears at this only because they were the ones under attack for once, my ears pricked up because it was racism. Same as they do when I hear about racism against Asians or bigotry against Jews or attacks against groups just because of who they are, whether I’m a member of those groups or not.