Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times questioned the data brought forward by the free speech group FIRE because it validates the concerns about self-censorship that white people have, in addition to minorities.
"But the problem this survey is how it's being used to bolster claims of liberal intolerance," Hannah-Jones claims.
She further says it’s wrong that conservatives use this report to bolster their claims about college campuses being excessively liberal and "too intolerant" to handle. Hannah-Jones asserts that it’s wrong for white conservatives to claim they are suffering, because students of all stripes experience the phenomenon.
To decode what Hannah-Jones is trying to say: she seems to believe white people and minorities can’t both have this problem mutually. To her it’s one or the other.