REALLY!? Buzzfeed 'culture' editor wants *your stories (*please see special request for 'white Americans')

Editor for BuzzFeed's @reader, the website's home for cultural criticism: https://t.co/yrSZeYk24a

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 30, 2017

@Reader is Buzzfeed’s “home for cultural criticism, personal essays, fiction, and poetry.” The site’s editor had a request for readers:

if you have a story to tell that helps makes sense of the world right now, please get in touch (my email’s in bio) https://t.co/IjfNJfIqZA

— Rachel Sanders (@rachelysanders) January 30, 2017

Oh, and one more thing:

and NB this is deliberately vague but basically, if you’re a white american citizen, think extra hard before you hit send

— Rachel Sanders (@rachelysanders) January 30, 2017

Seriously?

https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/826108174763696129

Straight out of central casting. https://t.co/5YIDwkb1JY

— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) January 30, 2017

.@SethAMandel She's totally woke yohttps://t.co/KjOUB8tB95

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 30, 2017

https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/826113164592947202

You should have taken your own advice before tweeting this. https://t.co/4KLcwDYS87

— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) January 30, 2017

I want to hear your stories of bigotry. And NB, whites need not apply. I'm helping!! https://t.co/WvkOdPZNqg

— Violated Norm (@BillySullivan7) January 30, 2017

Send me stories about how you've been victimized by racism and xenophobia. Not you honkey. https://t.co/WvkOdPZNqg

— Violated Norm (@BillySullivan7) January 30, 2017

She tried to explain further:

Oy, did you clear that with your compliance attorney? bc you just opened your company to lawsuits pic.twitter.com/bc881aZHFp

— (((Aaron “Worthing” Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) January 30, 2017

Recommended

Google Removes Trump PAC Ad Targeting Black Men and it is Very Suspicious

justmindy

Advertisement

by asking people to consider what they say before they send it?

— Rachel Sanders (@rachelysanders) January 30, 2017

an addendum for anyone confused by this: i mean it purely & only literally, as in, think about what you have to say before you say it

— Rachel Sanders (@rachelysanders) January 30, 2017

Intriguing!

so only "white people" need think about what stories they share? Why only white people? Expound please.

— TheRightWingM ?? (@TheRightWingM) January 30, 2017

.@rachelysanders Yet, you included the "white people" caveat. pic.twitter.com/ojoIQ7hO3x

— PeytonsHead (Retired) (@BigHeadBS) January 30, 2017

I mean what I said I was being deliberately vague about only to be understood purely and literally. https://t.co/vME1P29yZZ

— The Meturgeman (@DraftRyan2016) January 30, 2017

https://twitter.com/ninjamoose101/status/826142900140507137

Not confused at all. I know exactly what you mean. And it's why Trump won. https://t.co/K9MQq0ZjSo

— Gracie, Chief Fun Officer ? (@nomorenightowl) January 30, 2017