So... I want to try to have a nuanced conversation about this article.

Please read the article before you jump all over what I say in the next tweet.

The underlying issues the situation raised are not complicated, but the specific situation is...odd.

1/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/meta-arguments-about-anti-racism/615424/">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc...

I agree FULL STOP white women should not speak for Black people, especially when the Black woman in question is speaking for herself

I think this Robin person sounds legit crazy

But I also agree this looked like a blatant attempt to play the black friend card, twice

Thoughts?

That doesn& #39;t mean, in any way, that I think the way the white women reacted was warranted. And I definitely don& #39;t understand why she kept saying that he "hurt" people once the situation had been cleared up.

This whole thing just sounds like a huge mess.

It doesn& #39;t sound like Robin and her friends are upset about him using his Black friends to defend his intentions, which was my first reaction.

She thinks his holding a Black child on his lap is inherently triggering or traumatizing. And 100 parents agreed with her.

It& #39;s unclear if the 100 parents were mad, or if they became mad when Robin called them up and "explained" that they should be mad.

I see people saying, "Don& #39;t do this Sally"

But I& #39;m in a lot of spaces where people ask me these kinds of questions. Especially recently, and that& #39;s a beautiful thing.

But I don& #39;t know everything, so I was hoping we could talk this through so I can make sure I understand.