Culture-war extremists do two things. They water the seed of insecurity into a weed of hate. They do so by seizing on white fears of the future, conflating economic insecurity and looming demographic eclipse.
-- Jeff Chang (Introduction: The Crisis Cycle)

Importance: This quote demonstrates how the culture wars contribute to rising xenophobia and white nationalism. It also notes how these feelings are often the result of insecurities, whether those be economic or demographic. With this quote, Chang draws a connection between insecurity and hate, nothing how one can be leveraged into another. In the next chapter of the book, Chang will expand upon this idea with his discussion of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, noting how Trump leveraged the insecurities of his white base into support for his campaign and its xenophobic policies.

What I hope to show in this book is how inequality and segregation impact us all. Our destinies are interconnected, but not all of us...
-- Jeff Chang (Introduction: The Crisis Cycle)