By Selwyn Duke

“What mighty contests rise from trivial things,” wrote poet Alexander Pope. This could come to mind when considering a claim, made with straight faces, that soap dispensers prove there’s “systemic racism.” Yet ridiculous though it is, the charge reflects something deeper in American life — something very dark and dangerous.

If you think the soap dispenser rationale involves the idea that soap is usually white, no, that’s not it. 

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