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[–]cunninglingus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

used by covert racists who believed white people were special.

Yes - though also by many whites who were annoyed with Affirmative Action in the US. There has been a better term for this in the UK: positive discrimination, which I think is now called positive prejudice, though I've never heard anyone use that term. Though I very much support "levelling up", I am sympathetic to those who missed opportunities though they were much more qualified 'white' males. It's a difficult problem, IMO.