Campaign to eliminate nouns that designate subsets of humanity

Associated Press Stylebook endorsed the pressure campaign to eliminate all nouns that designate subsets of humanity, citing a peculiar excuse — the need for an article before those nouns. It brought ridicule on itself.

However, I don't think they have retreated from this pressure campaign.

Whether you say "the French", or "French people", they are not all alike. They differ from each other. That is no justification for the pressure campaign.