Andrew Ng: The suspension of H1B is bad for the US and bad for innovation

Re:Andrew Ng: The suspension of H1B is bad for the US and ba... by leereeves on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @01:21PM (#23617092)

The bar is so low that Jewish (like Stephen Miller) and even black (e.g. Ben Carson, Candace Owens) people are frequently called white supremacists. So low that people saying "It's ok to be white" were called white supremacists.

Does the term have any meaning now, or has it become simply a slur for anyone whose political beliefs differ, like "communist" or "terrorist" before it?

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Re:Andrew Ng: The suspension of H1B is bad for the US and ba... by joubert on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @08:00AM (#23626874)

Agreed that there's risk in overuse which can lead to numbness for the real thing.

In some ways, I'd argue we should then be even more vigilant because white supremacist rhetoric / apologist sentiment and actions are having an easier time to hide behind the veils of fuzziness.

One comment though: you do not have to be white to be a white supremacist. White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to people of other races, and should thus dominate them.

We see this pattern in other arenas too, e.g. gays and homophobia or women and gender bias.

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