The truth and the reality are that it is resentment that has been the emotional sustenance of the left for decades, and the leaders on the left have used race baiting, class envy, and identity politics as a weapon without any concern over how this might rip apart society. It has been shear irresponsibility, and yes, immoral.
So don't start lecturing now about the backlash from citizens (white and non-white) who feel that clueless people wearing suits are ruining their lives, and who have wrapped their hopes in a man who has enough money, celebrity, and charisma to be able to say what he thinks and challenge the oligarchy that the rest of us are supposed to accept as our masters.
Did Lincoln have a “blazing vision of equality?” I thought he just wanted to keep the union together and did what it took politically and militarily to make that happen.