Greg Salmela
1 min readJun 23, 2020

I think you shared some good points. In light of current events, it is understandable how some readers mistake the idea at the center of this article for politics of race.

There is a take-away here. It's useful to remember that association is a fact of human society—it always has been, always will be. Appreciating how people self-identify is not racism, it's about respect.

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