 In the books Lester noted "It is one of the characteristics of racist discourse to demonize the group that is condemned, all the while giving oneself all virtues, to pretend representing universalism while the group targeted by hateful discourse is denounced as petty, and its demands, without value, anti-democratic and intolerant".The book offered a counterpoint by chronicling the racist and anti-semitic history of English Canada.The author argued that Quebec was never more anti-semitic than English Canada.