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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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This is the closest the Times will come to admit it and other leftists are overusing the term "white supremacy" and making the term less potent. I am reminded by a 2017 column by Megan McArdle, Be Careful Who You Call a 'White Supremacist'. If you've cried wolf too many times, no one will listen when you actually see the real thing.
1 posted on 10/17/2020 7:11:55 PM PDT by karpov
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To: karpov

White Supremacy is now a term that means anybody who is doing well. That’s all it means.


2 posted on 10/17/2020 7:14:15 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is thp at they are both death cults. N)
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To: karpov

Guilty as charged


3 posted on 10/17/2020 7:15:26 PM PDT by JonPreston (The Delphi method is a thing)
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The Rats need to be put on trial for war crimes against sanity.


4 posted on 10/17/2020 7:15:43 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Jonty30

It means anything they want it to mean. F em.


5 posted on 10/17/2020 7:18:15 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: karpov

I bought a cord of firewood again this year from an industrious Mennonite farmer. We’ve got to keep our White Supremacist pact going.


6 posted on 10/17/2020 7:18:42 PM PDT by hadrian
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To: karpov
“White supremacy” now means “Inappropriate display of white skin in public.”

Donald Trump is actually a Trump Supremacist - they just can’t tell the difference. :)

7 posted on 10/17/2020 7:21:06 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: karpov
“mankind is one human family”

Homo Sapiens Sapiens. Not just one species any longer.

8 posted on 10/17/2020 7:22:26 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The only thing worse than COVID-19 is Biden-20!)
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Are White Men Gods? (II): Getting the Facts Straight

Not white supremacy but a reflection on the achievements of Western Civilization. We will share, and do. And should be proud of our accomplishments.

9 posted on 10/17/2020 7:23:26 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: karpov

No, it still means David Duke and the Klan. I remember a lot of people being tarred with the term “white nationalist” too, and that was a term coined by Duke and the Stormfront crowd to describe their movement. I read their stuff and I know what I am talking about. It means their goal is a nation of white people only. It has nothing to do with an America that happens to be an extension of European culture, law and religion, which has a majority of people who are of European heritage, but which also has a sizable population of non-Europeans from all over the world who wanted to come to this supposedly horrible place and make it their home.

Guess what, NY Times and the rest of the Left? You don’t get to define the language to suit you.


10 posted on 10/17/2020 7:26:54 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: karpov

wyppl are supposed to sit down shut up go to the back of the bus and not apply for jobs or promotions. < /naked Leftists truth >


11 posted on 10/17/2020 7:27:46 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: karpov

Anti-Communism has been redefined to White Supremacy.


12 posted on 10/17/2020 7:28:10 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (The COVERUP has been going on for over 4 YEARS.)
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To: Jonty30; karpov

OK I have a simple question.

Considering the fact that whites have contributed 90% to the world of science, technology, philosophy, literature, social advancements, economic well being, explorations, law and justice, governance, arts, etc, why exactly is it wrong for whites to feel a sense of pride and even a small sense of superiority??

We have to stop getting guilted over our successes. Every other group can shout out their pride in their group, and they have much less to be proud about, but whites are labeled all sorts of names for doing the same thing about their group. Sadly it is a faction of self-loathing whites (leftists and their useful idiots) that lead the anti-white charge. They are our enemy number 1 and if whites are to survive they need to be relegated to the ash can of history... and quickly.


13 posted on 10/17/2020 7:29:22 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you.)
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To: karpov

There are white footprints on the moon. Everyone else can eat it!


14 posted on 10/17/2020 7:32:29 PM PDT by The Toll
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“color blindness” or the view that “mankind is one human family” are examples of “covert white supremacy.”

How anyone could take such inanity seriously is a complete mystery.

15 posted on 10/17/2020 7:33:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: karpov

I heard two British guys on a history podcast talking about Anglo-Saxons and one of them said ‘be careful about using Anglo-Saxon as it is associated with White Supremacy’.


16 posted on 10/17/2020 7:34:58 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: karpov

You mean the David Duke, that loves him some Ilhan Omar?


17 posted on 10/17/2020 7:38:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

“white supremacy” means FakeNewsMSM mentions.

check the replies/pics:

Tweet: Ian Miles Cheong - 3h ago
Antifa formed a mob to attack a black man. You couldn’t make this up.
VIDEO 1m26s
https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1317590185811480576


18 posted on 10/17/2020 7:45:42 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: MAGAthon

meant to add:

“white supremacy” means Antifa/BLM rule the streets.


19 posted on 10/17/2020 7:46:24 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: karpov

Also used to refer to people like Biden's (and Hillary's) old buddy, the former KKK Grand Kleagle, the late demoncrap Senator Robert Byrd.


       

20 posted on 10/17/2020 7:47:50 PM PDT by Songcraft
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