Please Make A Note Of It

"Racism tends to attract attention when it's flagrant and filled with invective. But like all bigotry, the most potent component of racism is frame-flipping — positioning the bigot as the actual victim.

"So the gay do not simply want to marry; they want to convert our children into sin. The Jews do not merely want to be left in peace; they actually are plotting world takeover. And the Blacks are not actually victims of American power, but beneficiaries of the war against hardworking whites.

"This is a respectable, more sensible bigotry, one that does not seek to name-call, preferring instead to change the subject and straw man."

—Ta-Nehisi Coates