American institutions voiced antiracist commitments while executing racist voter suppression.

Evidence

After triumphantly proclaiming to the United Nations their commitment to eliminating racism, local officials, state officials, the Supreme Court, and the US Senate executed or validated the racism that won a presidential election. “The tactics have changed, but the goal remains depressingly the same,” concluded New York Times columnist Bob Herbert. “Do not let them vote! If you can find a way to stop them, stop them.” — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1181

Categorization

• XREF: The gap between proclaimed commitment and executed policy is a perfect showpiece of Kendi’s thesis that racist policy and antiracist rhetoric coexist — connects to the reader’s goal of placing arguments into the segregationist/assimilationist/antiracist scheme.