Not society, Clarence. Liberals.
From the article:
“The worst I have been treated was by northern liberal elites. The absolute worst I have ever been treated,” Thomas said. “The worst things that have been done to me, the worst things that have been said about me, by northern liberal elites, not by the people of Savannah, Georgia.”
Exactly.
Liberals see our disregard for the race issue as racism in and of itself.