Some people weren’t having it. “Happy Black History Month, everybody,” news anchor Soledad O’Brien tweeted sardonically on Tuesday. “We do not need more features about how tough it is to grow up male and Caucasian,” read another response. “We need more coverage of how tough it is to navigate the patriarchy.” The author of the Esquire piece defended the story to CBS, saying she hadn’t approved the cover line and found it misleading. Hot takes abounded, and different commenters claimed the backlash proved the original story was necessary. In short, it was America in 2019.