Joaquín survives racism in the American Rust Belt and returns to Mexico carrying an idea too provocative to ignore. What begins as reflection on injustice grows into a political theory that challenges the society around him. This short novel does not ask whether racism is right or wrong. It asks what happens when the oppressed stop seeking recognition and instead act with purpose. On the Origins of the American Racist Party is political fiction for readers willing to follow an argument all the way to its end.