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Re:The model minority is losing patience by chiaro on Saturday October 03, 2015 @11:03AM (#10324124)
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.

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Re:The model minority is losing patience by smokeyj on Saturday October 03, 2015 @12:11PM (#10324348)
> 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.

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Re:The model minority is losing patience by dropit_sphere on Saturday October 03, 2015 @05:10PM (#10325392)
There needn't be a conspiracy. An evolved motte-and-bailey strategy is bad enough as it is.
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