What is the author's opinion on racism in America and its potential consequences?
I think racist white America has fresher scapegoats than the Japanese although being Japanese in the wrong place and the wrong time, unlike Mr. Read's family, could likely still get you killed. This is the United States afterall.  When white people get uncomfortable they just might build a camp, steal your property and tell you to move to the desert--if phenotypically you don't display features indicating European descent or if you immigrated from some place whose culture has now been demonized. The latest wave of xenophobia has mostly produced retail violence, not the wholesale variety. We have yet to see, however, what Mr. Bannon and the Idiot-elect have in store for not-white America.