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Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ American Greatness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world may be increasingly baffled by 2021 America, and its sudden scapegoating of \u201cwhite supremacist\u201d hobgoblins for problems it cannot or will not solve.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roughly 400 Americans were shot over the past July 4 holiday weekend. About 150 of them were killed. The majority, both of the shooters and the victims, were inner-city, African-American males. The level of violence approaches the bad casualty days of the recent Afghan and Iraq wars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, during the carnage, progressive black leaders, from Representatives Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) to Cori Bush (D-Mo.), blasted America\u2019s foundational holiday and the country at large for its white supremacy and the current supposed lack of freedom for African Americans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During 120 days of rioting, arson, and looting during the summer of 2020, the country suffered about $2 billion in property damage, roughly 25 deaths, and some 14,000 arrests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rioters burned down a Minneapolis police precinct. They set afire a federal courthouse in Portland. And they tried to incinerate the historic St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church next to the White House. Downtown areas of Portland and Seattle were taken over by rioters, who occupied entire city blocks with impunity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ American Greatness The world may be increasingly baffled by 2021 America, and its sudden scapegoating of \u201cwhite supremacist\u201d hobgoblins for problems it cannot or will not solve.\u00a0 Roughly 400 Americans were shot over the past July 4 holiday weekend. About 150 of them were killed. 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