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Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by forgetfreeman on Thursday June 29, 2023 @07:16PM (#36528142)
"Crime and welfare costs" sounds suspiciously like a dogwhistle to white supremacist tropes around "welfare queens" and "black people are thugs". Was that intentional?
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by seneca on Thursday June 29, 2023 @07:20PM (#36528171)
Accusing people of using hidden messages, intentionally interpreting their post as negatively as possible, is very against the community standards here. Please don't do that.

> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.

Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by forgetfreeman on Thursday June 29, 2023 @09:22PM (#36529365)
I made no accusation, I am requesting clarification of the ops intent.
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by sidlls on Thursday June 29, 2023 @10:16PM (#36529747)
This is disingenuous. "Dogwhistle" rhetoric is a thing precisely because it is a "hidden message." It's not against community rules to point out that rhetoric is similar to dogwhistle rhetoric, especially when the comment actually is full of said rhetoric. Or it ought not be: if it is, the community rule is wrong.
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by lern_too_spel on Thursday June 29, 2023 @10:39PM (#36529873)
> Was that intentional?

Of course not. The white supremacists say that these problems are genetic in origin, not due to oppression.