How the right is taking culture war to culture itself

The scene appears in the new mockumentary “Am I Racist?” by Matt Walsh. A conservative podcaster and film-maker, Mr Walsh wants, he has said, to expose “the so-called-anti-racist hustle” of the diversity, equity and inclusion movement. Among the interviews and gags in the film—some outrageous or funny, others silly—this moment registers as poignant, an unsettling glimpse into a couple’s life: “white supremacy” appears to be harming a marriage that seems to be proof of racial progress. Is that because the reality of white supremacy has penetrated so deeply into the woman’s subconscious mind that it warps her behaviour? Or because the idea of white supremacy has penetrated so deeply into her conscious mind that she must forever second-guess how she speaks with her husband?