Hello Scott,

What I inferred from Stuvian's post...

... is that had the roles been reversed...

... that is, had there been a backlash by a bunch of African Americans against a program called "Dear Black People" in which white US university students shared their cleverly insightful and illuminating commentary and advice to black folks....

... there would be two possible reactions by the Globe and Mail editors:

1. Avoid reporting the incident, do not touch it with a ten foot pole, or
2. Report on the incident with a piece sympathetic and gentle to the upset group of African Americans.

There is no chance - ZERO CHANCE - this paper would have accused the black folks of being a bunch of anti-white racists. 

And so, based on that logical set of interconnected observations, yes, absolutely YES, political correctness permeates and saturates the reporting on the matter at hand.