[deanCommie]

He fell into the conservative trap of "If there is no active rules or laws discriminating, then discrimination doesn't exist! And trying to offset this discrimination IS the discrimination!"

Slavery and Jim Crows laws no longer on the books? Therefore there is no systemic racism!

Are there laws discriminating against women? No? Therefore they have all the same opportunities as men!

Why are Black Entertainment Television and Gay Pride okay, but White Entertainment Television and White Pride not!

Black Lives Matter is Racist!

Not all Men are Rapists!

This essay started from precisely this set of emotions and found data to justify it after the fact.