Could it be that, to this day, though maybe not much longer, most American boys are both straight and white?
So if you're going to do a story on one to illustrate circumstances common to many, most, or all?
And what if you're going to do several stories, each focusing on one?
So, if one is white and straight, that's not OK?
So many people with shitty, hateful opinions write them up and the Guardian gives them a megaphone - if they're the right sort of shitty, hateful opinions.
Was the backlash to Esquire’s 'An American Boy' cover story deserved?
As everyone jumps to censure Esquire for its perceived racism, homophobia, misogyny, transphobia for deciding to use a straight, white boy to represent what it means to be an American right now, they are missing that the idea to check in on the state of boys – even white boys – in a landscape that is quickly shifting for men, is sound.
Much of the outrage centered on the choice of the teenage boy.
Despite Esquire’s announcement that this would be the first in a series of profiles, and that the series would include boys of different races and sexualities and genders, leading the series off with a particularly Aryan-looking lad was a tactical mistake.
The angry response was inevitable.
And utterly deplorable, racist, misandrist, and full of shit.
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