[a fool in paradise]

What's sad about Brooks' claim is his feeble attempt to play the white victim card, plucking the strings of white nationalism

That's a stereotypical image if there ever was one.

When one plays the violin to sing the saddest song for sympathy, one does not "pluck" the strings. You pluck banjo strings.

[Safetgiver]

You pluck banjo strings.....Or you pluck Ned Beatty