One horrible untruth unites today’s far left and far right: the idea that “whiteness” isn’t a skin color but a moral, political and social cause. The far left wants to attack whiteness and undo it for the injustices it has supposedly caused. The far right wants to defend and advance it, on the ground that whiteness is the root of all that is truly American.

The far leftists are critics of “white supremacy,” the system that supposedly hands Causasians all existential advantages from birth. This noxious idea denies individual agency and treats all white people as collectively guilty, while telling minorities they have no chance in life.