“Today, racism is regarded as a crime if practiced by a majority—but as an inalienable right if practiced by a minority.”

—  Ayn Rand , book The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution

Source: The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution (1971), p. 167

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