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'White Supremacy' Once Meant David Duke and the Klan. Now it Refers to Much More.
New York Times ^ | October 17, 2020 | Michael Powell

Posted on 10/17/2020 7:11:55 PM PDT by karpov

As July 4 and its barbecues arrived this year, the activist and former N.F.L. quarterback Colin Kaepernick declared, “We reject your celebration of white supremacy.”

The movie star Mark Ruffalo said in February that Hollywood had been swimming for a century in “a homogeneous culture of white supremacy.”

The director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of New York City’s most prestigious museums, acknowledged this summer that his institution was grounded in white supremacy, while four blocks uptown, the curatorial staff of the Guggenheim decried a work culture suffused in it.

The Los Angeles Times editorial board issued an apology two weeks ago describing itself as “deeply rooted in white supremacy” for at least its first 80 years. In England, the British National Library’s Decolonising Working Group cautioned employees that a belief in “color blindness” or the view that “mankind is one human family” are examples of “covert white supremacy.”

In a time of plague and protest, two words — “white supremacy” — have poured into the rhetorical bloodstream with force and power. With President Trump’s overt use of racist rhetoric, a spate of police killings of Black people, and the rise of far-right extremist groups, many see the phrase as a more accurate way to describe today’s racial realities, with older descriptions like “bigotry” or “prejudice” considered too tame for such a raw moment.

News aggregators show a vast increase in the use of the term “white supremacy” (or “white supremacist”) compared with 10 years ago. The New York Times itself used the term fewer than 75 times in 2010, but nearly 700 times since the first of this year alone. Type the term into Twitter’s search engine and it pops up six, eight or 10 times each minute.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: antiracist; fakenews; newyorkslimes; whitesupremacy
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To: Jonty30

...as long as you have white skin...


21 posted on 10/17/2020 7:49:26 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around. God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: The Toll
And other footprints, too...:)

Why Astronauts Don't Eat Haynes Baked Beans!

22 posted on 10/17/2020 7:50:36 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Leftism is the plaything of a society with too much time on its hands." - Candace Owens)
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To: karpov

Let’s be honest here: for those who are pushing the idea, “white supremacy” simply means “white majority.” They resent that this is a white majority nation and are determined to change it.


23 posted on 10/17/2020 7:54:51 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: karpov

I bet a lot of libtards think white supremacy means you’re smarter than you should be, so you achieve more, so it isn’t fair.


24 posted on 10/17/2020 7:59:28 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: Jonty30

I’m going to commit another micro aggression this month when I pay my bills on time.


25 posted on 10/17/2020 8:03:02 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: karpov

White Supremacy now means the belief whites have a right to live and participate in public life.


26 posted on 10/17/2020 8:03:24 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: FreedomPoster

White supremacy happens when the Cargo Cult becomes disillusioned with their benefactors


27 posted on 10/17/2020 8:22:30 PM PDT by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: karpov

These idiots can always give up their roles to poor black people any damn time they want! But they must be white racists, because I have yet to hear one actor ever do thst!

Some studio head should call Mark Ruffalo into the office pitching a huge block buster spectacular and say “and we think you would be perfect for the lead role ......too bad you are white though. We dont want to be seen as white supremacists so we are giving the role to Emmanual Lewis. Now get out of our office cracker!”


28 posted on 10/17/2020 8:23:12 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (It is the Trump way! It is the only way!)
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To: Jonty30

it reminds me of that old table top book: Things that Black people Like; Things that White People Like.


29 posted on 10/17/2020 8:32:26 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love BULL MARKETS!)
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To: karpov

Guilty white people stand in line to point their fingers at other white people.

It’s sick.

In the Jim Crow South white racists felt black people could to no right.

In today’s world white liberal ‘elites’ (racists) feel black people can do no wrong.

Both positions are racists - both positions damage the black community.


30 posted on 10/17/2020 9:02:57 PM PDT by GOPJ (Biden's base: Why doesn't Biden have rallies in black communities?)
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To: karpov

Guilty white people stand in line to point their fingers at other white people.

It’s sick.

In the Jim Crow South white racists felt black people could to no right.

In today’s world white liberal ‘elites’ (racists) feel black people can do no wrong.

Both positions are racist - both positions damage the black community.


31 posted on 10/17/2020 9:03:26 PM PDT by GOPJ (Biden's base: Why doesn't Biden have rallies in black communities?)
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To: karpov

White Supremacy means everyone who isn’t woke and is white or whitish ... comprises 90% of the whitish people of the United State.


32 posted on 10/17/2020 9:09:39 PM PDT by dila813
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To: karpov

I just read another article, where it said that terms like "illegitimate" and "fatherless homes" were Racist.

The newspeak terms are "non-marital children" and "matriarchal dwellings."

Oh, and "hardworking" is a racist term. So is "traditional family."

This is Satanic, and the people in Burn, Loot, Murder are either demon possessed or puppets of evil.

33 posted on 10/18/2020 2:42:26 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Jonty30

Anyone who is white and anyone one who speaks out


34 posted on 10/18/2020 4:07:07 AM PDT by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: aquila48

Excellent point which isn’t made often enough-if people were honest, they wouldn’t like a world minus white achievements, discoveries, etc. No matter what they say. If whites became extinct, this world would be a worse place in which to live. And agreed, why shouldn’t whites take pride in centuries of that achievement?


35 posted on 10/18/2020 10:20:11 AM PDT by mrsmel (I wonÂ’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: karpov
The British National Library’s Decolonising Working Group cautioned employees that a belief in “color blindness” or the view that “mankind is one human family” are examples of “covert white supremacy.”

You can say anything you want, and you may even be stupid and ignorant enough to believe it, but that won't make it true.

36 posted on 10/18/2020 9:35:11 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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