Is racism in the eye of the powerful only?

The racism alleged against individuals who don’t hold power gets a lot of outraged attention, but the casual yet repeated racism intended to undermine the status of minorities by political leaders and their party officials gets little outraged media response. This is of particular concern given the power of the political elites both to wage ‘lawfare’ against the weak and to stir up racism to undermine societal relations.

Is racism in the eye of the powerful only?

The racism alleged against individuals who don’t hold power gets a lot of outraged attention, but the casual yet repeated racism intended to undermine the status of minorities by political leaders and their party officials gets little outraged media response. This is of particular concern given the power of the political elites both to wage ‘lawfare’ against the weak and to stir up racism to undermine societal relations.