Last week, there were plenty of reactions to an XO Jane story in which a self-described “skinny white girl” in a yoga class assumed that a “heavyset” black woman, who never said a word to her, coveted her lithe form. Whatever. That misguided essay launched hundreds of responses, including one of my own, which pointed out that no, white lady, ...

  I debated  whether to weigh in on this XO Jane story , “It Happened to Me: There Are No Black People in My Yoga Classes and I’m Suddenly Feeling Uncomfortable With It.” In case you missed the hoopla, a self-described “skinny”white girl went to a yoga class in NYC, saw a Black girl in her ...