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.

> 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.

There needn't be a conspiracy. An evolved motte-and-bailey strategy is bad enough as it is.

Discrimination is a pretty good word. That's the one they use for things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-discrimination_law

Its true there is no single word, but I think in this circle they use terms for this. Racial discrimination or prejudice.

Just because you learned of it just now doesn't make it a "re-definition". Who gave you the right to call your definition the real one?

The English language is one where words are defined by popular usage. Who gave you the right to call the definition you prefer the real one?