THOMAS SOWELL: “Racism is not dead. But it is on life-support, kept alive mainly by the people who use it for an excuse or to keep minority communities fearful or resentful enough to turn out as a voting bloc on Election Day.”

Which is why in the last decade, the left moved towards weaponizing anyone with the scarlet-R when it suits their purposes – and then forgetting all of their past accusations when political expediency demands it.