> It's a shibboleth. That's definitely not the original definition of and metaphorical use of "shibboleth". Modern shibboleths would be things like whether or

> It's a shibboleth. That's definitely not the original definition of and metaphorical use of "shibboleth". Modern shibboleths would be things like whether or not you capitalize "Black", using "democrat" as a noun instead of "democratic ___", "right-winger", and "leftist" (mostly). It's a word that when you use it, it reveals something about which group you are a member of. > A weapon that an underprivileged class (black people) can weild against any unsuspecting non-black-enough person who accidentally walks into the trap. No, the sociological forces in play here are more complex than that. In the linked article, as far as I know, all of the students that complained are themselves also white and rich. This is a group of people in the exact same racial and socio-economic group as the person being attacked.