I don’t agree with every word (for example, the comment about Blackout days) but this is an outstanding summary from The Atlantic.
Here is my summary. In the Jim Crow South, a black man on a sidewalk was expected to step aside when a white man approached. A black man who did not would be punished. To the media, and much of America, Sandman's offense was to not step aside.
Stupidity is not a social construct
That was my specific criticism of Flanagan's essay, too, the 'black-out days' and the 'leering'. Since CF is a paid up member of the guild, they'll just ignore that article (although doubtless someone somewhere is keeping a list of people who need to be punished for their transgressions against Righteousness when the Revolution attains its glorious victory).
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