[Oratam]

“He went on to explain that they wanted to take the tension that already existed in black communities and exacerbate it where they can.

“To take those situations where there is a tinderbox and light the country on fire,” Mr Turchie said.

That's called "community organizing."

[little jeremiah]

I just did a search but could not find an article I read quite a few years ago on FR. It was an image of a newspaper or publication article from 1919 or therabouts, explaining how the Communist Party needed to get Negros on board and they would be very useful in fomenting the revolution.