"What must it be like to be on the receiving end of such paternalism? It sounds awful. And horrifically damaging." Is "paternalism" in this case a euphemism fo

"What must it be like to be on the receiving end of such paternalism? It sounds awful. And horrifically damaging." Is "paternalism" in this case a euphemism for centuries of slavery, legal segregation, and general racism? Because, yes, that can be horrifically damaging to people.