Community Spirit

 

A community gathering in Nuremberg

An annoyingly common phrase in the popular culture these days is “my community,” or “the X community.” 

Community is a good thing, but in this case, it does not refer to a neighbourhood or small town. It refers to a tribe: “the black community”; “the LGBTQ community.” It implies that you have nothing in common with, and do not want to spend any time with, anyone who does not share some random, usually physical, characteristic.

It is radical apartheid.