An Interesting Take on BLM

[Bolty]

In particular, this tidbit caught my eye, emphasis mine:

That may be related to the finding that different groups experience online harassment in different ways. For example, men experience it slightly more often than women and are twice as likely to be targeted for their political views, but women are more likely to report abuse that targets them for their gender alone. One in five young women reported being sexually harassed. Black people reported far more incidents of being harassed online simply for being black, rather than in response to any particular view or comment.

I wonder if this is a matter of perception, "the world hates me so I perceive every slight as a maligned attack on my race," or a reality of events, and if so, why?

I believe (meaning I have no evidence to back this up) it's purely a matter of demographics. Since the Internet skews white male, white males are "the default." Being the default, white males are then harassed for what they say/type. Anyone not the default is harassed simply for who they are. This happens in most any grouping of people.

It was enlightening for me to hear from an RN how much male nurses get harassed by the staff in hospitals. Like, all the 1950's stuff you hear men did to women is completely in reverse; in a female-dominated work environment the men get harassed hard. It's human nature and it requires significant effort by people to recognize and suppress these behaviors.

In the end, we're all tribal monkeys "defending our tribe." It's baked into our DNA. Few can rise above it and almost no one does so consistently.