The furore over Diane Abbott's tweet yesterday was an attempt to recast power dynamics and obscure the real meaning of racism. By Nyder O'Leary.

They said 2011 was the year of change. This simply has to be true, as it’s impossible to imagine anyone who even vaguely qualifies as sane and ordinary trying to make the argument that Diane Abbott and Patrice Evra are, in fact, terrible and appalling racists.