Like, nothing about my comment was “bemoaning black people for being robots” but I guess because I’m a white person you jumped to the most uncharitable interpretation that I must not understand intersectionality, that I don’t allow black people to have more than 1 opinion etc.

My point was about the current media climate (including on Medium) which is filled with extreme commanding statements such as “white people need to shut up” and “white people need to speak out” etc and people being cancelled online for not doing one or the other, and the fact that in reality there is no one black voice, as you say, but each one of the people writing these articles think that they have THE singular truth, that they have the definitive answer on what what white people need to do. This isn’t just a trend with racial activism, I’ve seen it in the feminist movement which I was a part of for 6 years, I’ve seen it in the animal rights movement, the atheist movement, the socialist movement, the LGBTQ movement etc. Most activists of any kind think they have the definitive voice and opinion on a topic and anyone who disagrees even if they’re from the same group they must have privilege or repressed sexism or internalised homophobia etc

While of course everyone has an opinion which they think is the best way forward, it’s good to pair that with an understanding that others may have valid reasons for different views due to different life experiences, as you said. Which you very rightly expressed about the Black community but which also applies to most other groups as well, including white people, except it seems right now it’s not acceptable to give that kind of nuance to white people as a group, likewise with men.