If I may push back a bit on your last line about what gets peddled over what one looks like. And I’ll qualify by stating the I, too, am a white man — as far as either of those two things truly exist beyond the mythology of race and gender. But the myths have extraordinary and fatal existential consequence, as I’m sure you’re aware. Whiteness has rarely ever been about “the way one looks.” It has always been a much grander set of myths, sometimes applied to folks who look “white” and sometimes not (reference Irish, Jews, et al). Physiognomy and phrenology have been powerful forces against the “looks” of Black Americans and others, but not (as far as I am aware) whites. So, again, as much as what a given person or candidate peddles is of great importance and priority, and it very much is, this does not stand in contrast to what they look like. It stands in contrast to the many brutal, intentional, ignorant, strategic, savage, manipulative, supremacy-touting myths of whiteness. These are forces far more powerful than one’s appearance. And I believe you miss the point of this author’s essay by reducing her point to a matter of appearance. As white men we have got think much bigger than that, challenging not only the myths that have produced privilege and supremacy for our ancestors and ourselves, but also working to deny and eradicate them. Promoting representation that is not us, and transitioning our place within authority structures is paramount. I appreciate and respect your comment, and I hope you know I only push back on it out of love and hope that we strengthen one another toward a more moral and righteous future for everyone. All the love and respect to you.