“The police who killed Tyre Nichols were black. But they might still have been driven by racism” says a CNN headline to an opinion piece penned by a one Van Jones. This is in response to the viral video of the murder of a black man, Tyre Nichols, by five black policemen. Some in the mainstream media, including some “experts”, are being disingenuous. They utilise a weak, incomplete and opportunistic understanding of racism.