Claims of racism/bigotry that turn into hoaxes seem far more common than actual racism.
In fact, when I hear or see a claim of racism, I am generally dubious and jaded. Show me the “receipts,” and then I’ll believe it.
Maybe. From fake nooses in Oakland and a NASCAR garage to fake graffiti on cars to fake racism at universities to Jussie Smollett being “attacked” by MAGA white guys carrying bleach and a noose in a winter vortex at 2 AM. All of these events were reflexively believed by those who want to assume the worst in America. They were all hoaxes.
Smollett’s fake racism was so obviously a hoax that his last name has become a verb. “Smolletting” is synonymous with race hoaxing.