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There’s a ruckus among the people who thought the term “snowflake” was hilarious until it started getting turned on them.

They don’t like history books, especially the kind in which they’re portrayed as starting wars or enslaving people. Very defensive about slavery, these folks. Some would rather call slaves “guest workers.” They also get very upset when reminded that segregation was perfectly legal until not long ago and data showing Black people still having significantly less opportunity in this country when it comes to housing, employment, health care, etc. Which means racism is still very much alive, even if no one but the Nazis will admit it.

Now some of them seem to be upset over Netflix’s “Leave the World Behind,” which portrays a Black man and his daughter being thrown together with a white family as the world mysteriously falls apart. It’s also the first film from High Ground, the production company founded by former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.

A-HA!

Yes, the secret Kenyan sleeper agent in a beige suit with a Muslim name who ruined freedom, prompting the election of the dumbest whitest man on the planet to save us. Except, well … he didn’t. And Obama was so terrible, we elected him twice. And he’s half-white.

Anyway, much of the movie focuses on the initial distrust between the families. Which is set up by a well thought-out sharp dynamic of George Scott (Mahershala Ali) owning the Hamptons home he’s renting to the Sandfords (Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke) and their two children.

As disaster unfolds, the Scotts (with Myha’la Herrold playing George’s college-aged daughter Ruth) end up at the doorstep in the middle of the night, which, understandably, causes all kinds of consternation for the Sanfords, especially Roberts’ character, Amanda.

The movie isn’t brilliant; there are a few flaws, but the set-up is great, as there’s plenty of mistrust for so many reasons. There’s a mysterious disaster unfolding and no communication with the outside world, which sets up a tremendous amount of stress even without the racial dynamics. George is a wealthy man just back from the symphony, while Amanda is a protective mother of two who’s a bit shrill and doesn’t quite believe this Black man in a tuxedo could own such a grand home. She’s clearly a tad racist, which, let’s be honest, isn’t uncommon.

Meanwhile, George’s daughter Ruth is ready to call Amanda on her perceived racism from the minute they walk into the house. It may be fair, it may not be. There’s a lot going on and it’s fascinating to watch unfold, because you can’t help but wonder what you would do in the same situation.

Here’s the part that has some conservatives upset: At one point, as things get worse, Ruth tells her father “If the world falls apart, trust should not be doled out easily, especially to white people.”

A-HA. See? Reverse-racism! White people are being victimized!

The Obamas are being criticized by people like Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany, who asked “Why isn’t the headline the former President reviewed a script embedded with this racist line, and how did it get through?”

Notice she doesn’t have a problem with Amanda’s blatant Karen-isms because, in McEnany’s world, that’s normal behavior.

A few counterpoints: I don’t trust rich people. So I would have a problem with everyone in the film.

If you don’t think Black people mistrusting white people is completely natural, you spend too much time in the country club’s pickleball courts (do they do that at country clubs yet? I can’t get in, so I don’t know). Pick up a book that doesn’t start with women being created from a man’s rib.

The distrust component is natural for a number of reasons: the stress of a disaster, not knowing your new housemates, being protective of children. And, yes, racism is thrown into the mix.

But it’s called a plotline, a set-up, which actor James Woods should understand, yet he was one of the conservatives to scream Obama was “promoting racial hatred” by allowing this one line in a movie.

Woods, by the way, was a lead actor in “One Upon a Time in America,” which, while a beautiful movie, was uncomfortable at times for its portrayal of rape. I don’t think anyone has accused him of promoting rape. Perhaps it’s not an apt comparison, but we’re talking about a fictional college-aged Black girl not trusting white people. That’s not a stretch in any realistic scenario.

The film’s mistrust was necessary because there was a (duh) bigger lesson about bridging differences and working together when confronted with problems bigger than us. It’s a concept clearly not understood by many. But in an age when we’re facing some growing challenges that won’t magically vanish in the years ahead, it should be.

Follow music critic Tony Hicks at Twitter.com/TonyBaloney1967.