Let’s be honest here. Musk gets latitude because he’s white. A non-white CEO behaving the same way wouldn’t get the same benefit of the doubt, however accomplished or respected they are.

Nobody says it openly, but anyone who has operated in Western corporate circles knows it.

That's true but only slightly true - and the evidence is that rappers can get away with absolutely horrific behaviour that other musicians cannot 'because the culture'. Kaney just set records for his concerts after releasing 'Hail Hitler' album for gosh sakes.

Elon has normalized his bad behaviour and he controls the board - there's no 'smoke that can make a fire' around him as long as the companies are doing ok. He also aggressively threatens people and very few will speak out against him.

There might be a tinge of racism with the 'honey pot' stuff, and 'chinese spy' has hints of orientalism as well. The headlines are really leaning in to the 'Asian Sex Spy' stuff which is terrible. And I've see posts with rich guys and their Asian wives - not nice.

Fair point, but I don't think it's only partially the case.