> Is it fair to acknowledge that the feelings expressed in the articles you reference are valid feelings and feel true to the people who share them?

Yep!

These sensitivities are learned though. And being overly sensitive is bad for social cohesion.

A certain discipline needs to be enforced to allow society function.

The right is about tough love. The left is about coddling.

This is entirely 100% debatable though. This is the debate that should be happening IMHO. What are the side-effects if no one has to feel a bad feeling or ever be offended.

> Edit: Is it fair to acknowledge that the people of the United States have a history of discriminating against minorities?

Absolutely. But not for a long time.

We had a black president. A female can extremely close to becoming the president. Etc. Etc.

To argue that the system is against you because of your race is a hard argument to swallow now.

What is a country that does not have a history of discriminating against minorities?