A couple of dozen demonstrators attending a rally on the Mall once billed as the Million Muslim March were vastly outnumbered Wednesday by onlookers who heckled them and a counterprotest consisting of motorcycle riders honoring Sept. 11 victims. Despite the sparse turnout for what became known as the Million American March Against Fear, organizers promised another rally next year — the same pledge leaders of the 2 Million Bikers to DC ride gave the thousands of motorcyclists who roared into the District from across the country.
Call it what you will.
Deny it if you wish.
This event made an undeniably strong case for implicit whiteness. Once it is directed and focused there is nothing we as a people cannot do.