Racism is broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others

"Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward other"- Ta-Nehisi Coates.

The article was in the Atlantic this past summer, and I felt like posting it way after all the election hubbub was over.  It's just great when you see someone make a statement this succinct  to sum up something you've felt victim to for a long time, but were not eloquent enough to express it this well. I mean this is a tweet hidden w/n a much larger article, and it's a timeless phrase that only had the misfortune of being part of the election white-noise of shallow quotes. 

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/fear-of-a-black-president/309064/
If you do end up checking out the article on the website, make sure you watch the video too, on the page, of Coates discussing the article with Scott Stossel.
As for Coates, he's a big deal blogger from Baltimore, and was listed in Time mag's list of best blogs.