Thank you for the honest question. Our country should have more of these discussions. It is good to share and as you can see from your replies, the self-identified black folk have differing opinions and that is cool and not so well known maybe. We are not the borg with the hive mind. And also, you can see some replies…

Only speaking for me: I think it was an intended insult to belittle James’ inner circle by calling them a posse. Phil did that on purpose and in that context, I too would have taken it as a racial insult. It is one of those racial insults that the receiver knows and feels, but one that the speaker can *easily defend…