“…Regrettably, however, Modood's “Commentary” does not offer any new ideas or insights, and those who have not read my initial article may well be misled by it (Modood, 2023 ). In his “Commentary,” Modood mostly lays out some of our differences, which I do not dispute, yet submits essentially two critical comments (by prefacing them with the words “Even more fundamentally…”), both of which are unfounded.…”