For context, the issue was, as many posters said, this: > African Americans may have been treated poorly On my part, I'm british. "Fucking hell, man!" for me

For context, the issue was, as many posters said, this: > African Americans may have been treated poorly On my part, I'm british. "Fucking hell, man!" for me is a way of being exasperated; I was surprised with reading that. It's not a condemnation, it's surprise. And a phrase containing 'may have' is begging for equivocation, especially when referring to black people as 'african americans' while talking about their treatment. > Black people may have been treated poorly ^ this is the sentence that I read