Even a cursory exploration of race and racism around the world would yield the conclusion that there is nothing simple about it. Racial identity and race-based oppression emerge, morph and erode in different ways in different parts of the world. But leave it to Elon Musk to try to convince you that racism is simple and straightforward. Musk will tell you what is and is not “racist.” And he will explain to you which institutions are racist and to whom. In response to disgraced cartoonist Scott Adams’ proclamation that African Americans constitute “a hate group”, newspapers across the US stopped...