Look I agree that some of that stuff in this article is complete and utter nonsense. For example where it is explained that women wash mens feet and then have

Look I agree that some of that stuff in this article is complete and utter nonsense. For example where it is explained that women wash mens feet and then have to drink the water. Whoever believes this must be either stupid or ignorant. And that's exactly how I would comment on this. The person who wrote this article is clearly either not well enough educated to have any business writing articles about this for the NY Times or that person is simply ignorant. But I very much doubt that there is some racism involved here. People sometimes write hurtful or stupid things and I did so myself occasionally but when I did it's not because I hate some specific culture but because of incomplete information or knowledge. (though I'm not a journalist or a politician, so it's not that bad if I get things wrong occasionally)