Is every cultural reference now to be considered racist? Notice too, that an apology is never enough!
Every cultural reference is ray-ciss, first because if you're ignorant, you're also paranoid, since you are continually hearing things you don't understand, which could be somebody laughing at you because of your race. Or your clothing choices.
And then it's ray-ciss even if it isn't about race at all, because it makes you aware of being dumb-ass-ignorant, which you may believe is associated with your race—in your own mind, anyway. And clearly the apology isn't going to be enough—because it doesn't make your dumb-ass ignorance go away. You still feel stupid.
“Is every cultural reference now to be considered racist?”
If black people don’t “get it”, then yes. You are “talking down” to them, you racist!
Is every cultural reference now to be considered racist? Notice too, that an apology is never enough!
Oh it is if accompanied by a multi-million dollar payout...