Devil's Advocate: This piece is only analogous if "white" has been used as a generic term for color since at least 800 years ago. The reason it sounds shocking

Devil's Advocate: This piece is only analogous if "white" has been used as a generic term for color since at least 800 years ago. The reason it sounds shocking is that "white" has only ever really, in a broad sense, meant white, while "man" has generically referred to humans for about 800 years: https://www.etymonline.com/word/man https://www.etymonline.com/word/man