Mr. Klein, black, brown and all “other others” have been coping with stereotyping for centuries. Now that white people have been stereotyped, they need to learn how to cope with “their” stereotype. It’s a hard lesson, but long overdue.

The deed is done. Once you’ve been stereotyped, there is no escape, the stereotype proceeds you. The white stereotype spread so fast, white people see white people today, and the white stereotype jumps into their minds – especially when they disagree with each other.

It might be hard to see, and even harder to accept, but stereotyping white people has finally leveled the playing field.

Naturally, you are uncomfortable; the white stereotype is as ugly as every stereotype white people created for “others”. It’s tempting to ask black, brown and all “others” to offer exemptions (like adding “some” or “most” when speaking or writing about white people) but the only way to end it, is to dig the roots of stereotyping out of white culture. Until white people stop stereotyping “others” they will have to live with their own stereotype.

You can be a white person and not be anything like the white stereotype, but your judge and jury will always be people who don’t know you, so good luck trying to prove it.

Just to be clear with my understanding, the white stereotype is privileged (entitled, spoiled, selfish, and self-centered), bigoted (often racist and antisemitic) and fragile (small-minded, weak and cowardly). To keep this in perspective, consider the stereotype white people forced on others.

For what it’s worth, those are my thoughts.