I'm gonna defend the article from this claim (despite disagreeing with most people on this thread who see this article as some vindication of their victimhood mentality).
I think the article comes from a good place, if a bit out-of-touch. If you grow up in an area that has no overt racism (or no racism against your race and you don't notice it against other races) then it's possible for somebody (especially us pedantic and socially imperceptive nerds) to think that the "cure" (political correctness) is more frustrating than the disease.
Then hopefully you grow up, and realize that only a small part of the world is even a democracy, and that at least half the world is racist (e.g. apparently 30% of chinese were comfortable saying some races are better than others) [1]. Hopefully along the way you learn a little bit more about America too (even 1/20 Americans admitted to not believing in interracial marriage in 2021). [2]
But not everybody moves out of their hometown, or reads the news.
So people who disagree with you are all dumb hillbilly child nerds who don't read the news?
Putting aside the inflammatory name calling, your evidence for your position is China (not the place where English language hyperstitions are a problem), and that 5% of Americans answered that they don't believe in interracial marriage on a survey. But 5% is a trivial number and within the noise floor of surveys. Helpfully Scott Alexander has also written about that:
So where's the actual problem here? The west is not a racist part of the world, you selected the best numbers you could find for your case and they don't support that belief. The obsession with "racist" language isn't really anything to do with race. It's a power trip by nasty people who enjoy the feeling of taking part in and driving along these cascades.
I think the article comes from a good place, if a bit out-of-touch. If you grow up in an area that has no overt racism (or no racism against your race and you don't notice it against other races) then it's possible for somebody (especially us pedantic and socially imperceptive nerds) to think that the "cure" (political correctness) is more frustrating than the disease.
Then hopefully you grow up, and realize that only a small part of the world is even a democracy, and that at least half the world is racist (e.g. apparently 30% of chinese were comfortable saying some races are better than others) [1]. Hopefully along the way you learn a little bit more about America too (even 1/20 Americans admitted to not believing in interracial marriage in 2021). [2]
But not everybody moves out of their hometown, or reads the news.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_marriage