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It's not taking anything away--both definitions are valid and commonly used. It's just up to the pair of you to realize you're talking past each other. She'd pr
by chiaro 11y ago
It's not taking anything away--both definitions are valid and commonly used. It's just up to the pair of you to realize you're talking past each other. She'd probably have no trouble agreeing that white people can be the target of bigotry just as you'd agree that white people are rarely at the pointy end of broader systemic injustices, at least in this society.
Much as it may be fun, I'd caution against attributing it some kind of conspiracy of sociologists.
- smokeyj 11y ago> both definitions are valid and commonly used In my experience there's one definition used by the general public, and another used by social justice warrior academic types to prove they have a more mindful world view than you. But that's just my experience.
- dropit_sphere 11y agoThere needn't be a conspiracy. An evolved motte-and-bailey strategy is bad enough as it is.