Timsup2nothin
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I'm not so sure about that. From what I've read, it's been common for racists quite deliberately to try and provoke their less reasonable opponents into stepping up, because experience shows that fear of those elements tends to produce reactionary sentiment.
No doubt. But that doesn't change the fact that no one would have been looking for a reasonable solution if the problem had not become obvious. Until there's a riot somewhere the majority are blithely going along saying 'racism? nahhh.'