Sometimes, as with DeGeneres’ picture of herself on Usain Bolt’s back, such bigotry is seen as an attempt to prop up an allegedly “white supremacist” culture (which is accused of seeing black men as “beasts of burden”). At other times, as when DeGeneres defended Hart, it is interpreted as speaking over a marginalized community and erasing its identity by negating its claim to offense or victimhood. At still other times—as with Damon, Lopez, Navratilova, and McEnroe—the problem is simply presenting a view that runs counter to Theory itself.
