One great (?) thing about being a journalist is that you get to do a lot of your learning in public.

I made a series of mistakes last week on this website and I want to share what I did, why it was wrong, and how I ended up harming people that I respect the most.

When I posted a tweet that included my opinion, I tagged people who I had learned a lot from on that topic, thinking that I was amplifying their expertise.

This is the wrong thing to do. Not only is it wrong to assume they& #39;d agree with me, I did it in a way that was tokenizing.

This is, I& #39;ve come to realize, a pattern of mine, as I& #39;m someone who for some reason has a blue check, a relatively large platform, and benefits from white privilege.

Just because you want to make a point doesn& #39;t make it okay to draw people into your arguments or discussions.

What ended up happening was in my own eagerness to assert my position publicly, and align it with voices I admire, I created a toxic environment.

And I did it in a way that was completely oblivious to the fact that the voices I admire don& #39;t or can& #39;t engage the same way I do.