"Illustrate a Prevailing New Political Morality on Questions of Race and Justice"

"The same media institutions that have promoted revanchist identitarianism and the radical transformation of American society along racial lines, could instead have focused their attention and influence on improving the quality of life for all. Working to ensure that Americans of any background aren't unjustly victimized by the police and have access to quality health care, schools, and affordable housing doesn't require the promotion of a 'race-consciousness' that divides society into 'oppressed' and 'privileged' color categories. To the contrary, it requires that we de-emphasize these categories and unite in pursuit of common interests. This may not suit the media's prerogatives, and it may not appeal to activists whose desire for cultural 'recognition' trumps their devotion to material progress, but it does offer the potential benefit of improving the lives of ordinary Americans."

Zach Goldberg at Tablet argues that "[y]ears before Trump's election the media dramatically increased coverage of racism and embraced new theories of racial consciousness that set the stage for the latest unrest."