Consider this post Exhibit A in the evidence for “America is way, way, way too sensitive about race.”
I’m fairly certain that most of my readership is white.  So, for example, let’s say that I was talking about astronomy and used the following term:  “White dwarf.”  Would that offend you?
What about the fact that a White dwarf is also known as a degenerate dwarf?  Would you object to the term “white dwarf” and say, “how dare you call me a degenerate, sir!” even though I was talking about an astronomical object …