Ester Bloom, an associate editor at The Billfold, wrote a piece Tuesday calling "The Daily Show" correspondent Jessica Williams the "Latest High-Profile Victim of Impostor Syndrome." Bloom was reacting to a tweet by Williams, 25, about being "extremely under-qualified" to replace outgoing host Jon Stewart. Bloom wouldn't have it: “Jessica Williams, respectfully, I reject your humility. What on earth does 'under-qualified' mean when it comes to being a comedian? You’re smart, you’re funny, you’re self-possessed. Is there something I’m missing?” She went on to say that Williams needed “the best Lean In group of all time” to give her “a pep talk.”

Williams didn't appreciate this unsolicited concern; she and many others launched an extensive Twitter-based privilege-checking of Bloom.

I am a black woman and I am a feminist and I am so many things. I am truly honored that people love my work. But I am not yours. — msjwilly

@shorterstory @msjwilly @TheBillfold Thank you, Ester, for your impression of a sexist male who knows what's best for women. How GOP of you. — diamond_nframe

Bloom quickly apologized on Twitter and added an update to the original piece. The Twitter consensus: Apology not accepted.

Her critics made some fine points, and her most recent apology and most recent update to the original article suggest she agrees. Her tone was condescending, especially in her response to Williams’s tweet about being “under-qualified”:

How modest! How self-effacing! You can almost hear all the old white people who benefit from the status quo nodding their approval. We did it, they whisper. We have succeeded in instilling in yet another competent, confident young woman a total lack of understanding of her own self-worth! We didn’t even need to undermine her; we gave her the tools and she undermined herself. Well done all. Good show. Let’s play eighteen holes and then hit up Hooters for lunch.

Bloom was essentially accusing Williams of having failed to stand up not just to sexism, but racism.