I totally agree. I was also surprised to see the author of the article defend the tweet as well. >But after thinking about her tweet for a few seconds more, I

I totally agree. I was also surprised to see the author of the article defend the tweet as well. >But after thinking about her tweet for a few seconds more, I began to suspect that it wasn’t racist but a reflexive critique of white privilege — on our tendency to naïvely imagine ourselves immune from life’s horrors. Her comments that followed seemed to agree with your second point.