Michael Long
1 min readJul 16, 2024

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Pretty much could have built an article off any of those and I'm kind of sad that you didn't, since the title of the article was "How To Offend White Men Using A Single Sentence".

A single sentence. Singular.

Regardless, I think that a lot of those statements could trigger white men AND white women and those of other colors as well.

I'll disagree with number one, however. Racism is usually based on a perceived superiority complex: We're better than you.

Oddly enough, that's usually based on an inferiority complex, coupled with a desire not to be the bottom man on the totem pole. "Well, I may be poor white trash, but at least I'm not ____."

But racism isn't limited to white folk. (Although I'll admit some have in fact taken it to an art form.)

Dig in, for example, to how the typical Japanese individual thinks of the average Korean. Or how the "Four Corners" of NYC came about.

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Michael Long
Michael Long

Written by Michael Long

I write about Apple, Swift, and SwiftUI in particular, and technology in general. I'm also a Lead iOS Engineer at InRhythm, a modern digital consulting firm.

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