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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by manfredo on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:07PM (#19934776)
Keep in mind that the definition of "white supremacy" has been expanded to include things like opposition to affirmative action, or support for enforcement of existing border control regulations (let along their expansion). Of course calls to censor those things are going to garner much more opposition than censoring explicit terrorist organizations.
Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by ceph_ on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:57PM (#19935105)
The definition of white supremacy isn't expanding, but those are two topics white supremacists vocally support.
Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by manfredo on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:21PM (#19935244)
Many people, including mainstream media outlets, friends of mine, and co-workers have labeled these positions as white supremacist. Not just identifying them as positions that white supremacists support. The set of views considered "white supremacist" is indeed expanding to include mainstream conservative views like the ones I mentioned.
Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by nostromo on Friday May 17, 2019 @12:47AM (#19936388)
It most certainly is.

I recently attended a diversity workshop at a large organization that you’d recognize where we were taught some key elements of white supremacy are things like: perfectionism, urgency, defensiveness, individualism, etc.

https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-cu...

Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by manfredo on Friday May 17, 2019 @04:25AM (#19937443)
Wow. Apparently "Objectivity" is white supremacy, along with "Individualism". This honestly surprised me.
Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by Chazprime on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:10PM (#19935176)
Stephen Fry might disagree with you there.
Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by mffnbs on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:24PM (#19935270)
Being conscious of dog whistles isn't expanding the white supremacist classification. A single false positive by Twitter of all places isn't indicative of a trend.
Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by manfredo on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:52PM (#19935447)
> Being conscious of dog whistles isn't expanding the white supremacist classification.

It does when allegations of dog whistling are levied against mainstream viewpoints. Saying "build the wall" is a white supremacist dog whistle is absolutely a means of expanding white supremacy to encompass support border enforcement. Nothing about building a wall on a national border is white supremacist. White supremacists may be in favor of such a viewpoint, but that does not make the viewpoint itself white supremacist.

Accusations of dog whistling is a very cheap and effective way of stuffing words into one's opponents' mouths and many do use it to try and paint acceptable views as white supremacist.

Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by busymom0 on Saturday May 18, 2019 @06:17PM (#19950034)
It most certainly is. What's worse is when anonymous strangers on the internet accuse someone of being white supremacist just because they oppose reparations and affirmative action without even knowing anything else about the person. I am a brown immigrant myself (recently moved to Canada) who opposes affirmative action and reparations and just for that, I got called white supremacist, a nazi etc on reddit. Like how exactly can a dark brown person be white supremacist? Makes no sense. But the hidden identity on the internet lets people throw abhorrent insults like no tomorrow.