Here is an extract from an essay, which is a favourable reaaction to Hong's essay:
"And I thought: I’m surprised by something. I am not surprised that others agree that “Delusions of Whiteness” is a good and valuable essay. I am, however, surprised by the volume of the response, especially given the similar and equally cogent arguments that have been previously articulated and which did not receive this whopping level of interest.
And I thought: did this essay have such resonance because many people did not actually realize, or were not actually able to articulate, or had not yet heard someone say that this particular UnitedStatesian avant-garde is racist, xenophobic, and sexist?"
(From "Delusions of Progress" BY DANIEL BORZUTZKY)
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2014/12/delusions-of-progress/
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