Racism for fun and profit

Thanks to the Civil Rights struggle of the last century, Americans now possess a healthy revulsion for racists and racism. This is the way America ought to be — a place where those who disdain or devalue others based on their ancestry are shamed and shunned.

But an unfortunate by-product of this positive development is been that a few entrepreneurial charlatans have managed to monetize this revulsion and build from it something that resembles an extortion racket. Nice business you have there — if you care about it, you’re going to need to pay someone for protection.