Your example here is striking because whites in power accused Black people of being communists and linked to Bolshevism. At the time, those charges came from white paranoia and the need to control Black people. With your example, you repeat history and make the same accusation against me. And your reference to people “committing the very same atrocities that they had accused their oppressors of” is another example of white paranoia. Whites are terrified that Black people will seek revenge. Whites are terrified that Black people will commit the very same atrocities against them. In fact, whites already claim they are the victims of discrimination. With your example, you wrote what many whites fear. That’s so interesting. You mentioned a paranoiac response on my part, but you actually gave one. What you wrote is an expression of white paranoia. And white paranoia is an essential part of white identity. It’s a power move that’s recognizable.