It's not the message, it's the tone. There's a big difference between offering constructive criticism and being a condescending prick. > You can disagree with

It's not the message, it's the tone. There's a big difference between offering constructive criticism and being a condescending prick. > You can disagree with that reasoning (although you'd be wrong). What you can't do, as a leader in AI, is to pretend to have never heard of it, or that it is so obviously wrong that it warrants no reply whatsoever. There's a third option. You can just decide to not engage with the condescending prick at all. We have one of those at work. His area of responsibility is a very cross functional one, and while it is important, he have a great deal of difficulty getting people to participate. Because participation usually means getting told you're an idiot. Loudly, forcefully, and with more words. That seems to be the case here, only substituting "idiot" out for "racist".