[breakattn]

Agreed. It's a conversation stopper for me. Sorry. When I hear that term I have to remind myself that people of color automatically get a lot of racist crap, as a matter of course. But still I block or mute. Just the other day I saw a tweet beginning with "Hey white girl" followed by some diatribe. I immediately and reflexively muted this person. Call it my white privilege.

[staticautomatic]

It’s just like the real world. Where I grew up, “hey white boy” was often a prelude to someone threatening or trying to beat me up for no reason. As an adult, those words still trigger my reflex to prepare for an actual fight.