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The Frenzied Search for Racism
Elites bought Jussie Smollett’s story because it confirmed their cherished narrative about a hateful America.
Heather Mac Donald
February 18, 2019 The Social Order
The Jussie Smollett case, in which a young black, gay actor has apparently concocted a tale of being attacked by two white men wearing MAGA hats and shouting anti-gay slurs, is just the latest example of how desperately media elites want to confirm their favored narrative about America: that the country is endemically and lethally racist, sexist, and homophobic, and that the election of Donald Trump both proves and reinforces such bigotry.
The truth: as instances of actual racism get harder and harder to find, the search to find such bigotry becomes increasingly frenzied and unmoored from reality.
https://www.city-journal.org/jussie-smollett-bigotry (https://www.city-journal.org/jussie-smollett-bigotry)