Yes, yes. Please tell me more about what my own article is about. You definitely understand the intent behind it better than the person who wrote it.

Why on Earth would I be interested in shaming black people? Seriously, why? If you need to make a claim this ridiculous, maybe your underlying assumptions are wrong.

Whether you like it or not, whether you agree with me or not, every word I write is aimed at benefiting the black community. Sometimes that means pointing to problems within the black community. And in this case, it's a problem of mindset.

The presumption of racism, the feeling of being under constant attack, the blindness or refusal to acknowledge progress, this is a real problem that afflicts some black people. It can only ever hurt them. It doesn't change society, it doesn't empower young black people (quite the opposite), it certainly doesn't hurt racists, it just leads to anxiety and hopelessness that is hard to justify when you take an honest look at the world.

I did lift up Surya Bonaly, by pointing out that, despite the claims about what happened to her, this was a black woman in her prime exerting her agency on the biggest stage in the world. It maddens me that her story of courage and character has been reduced to a tale of victimhood. But that's happened because of the mindset I'm talking about.

If you feel rage and shame, I'm truly sorry. Obviously that's not my intent. But I'm not going to let you hold me responsible for your feelings. If you felt triggered by the article, maybe that points to something worth examining. Again, and this is another important point the article makes, the fact that you feel a certain way, doesn't mean things are that way.