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> think that white people are under attack

Yes, they think that.

> and that white people need to re-establish dominance. To them, equality is a threat

No. When a specific group is singled out and attacked, whether they’re white, black, or brown, man or woman, that can not be a basis for equality.

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Of course now we are getting into the persecution fetish. The entire premise of white people in America facing any kind of race-based setback is laughable.

American political parties have revolved around platforming persecution fetishes for decades now. Real struggles are inevitably exploited by individuals who leverage identity politics for their personal gain. This has played out in every group who currently or historically suffered some injustice, I don’t need to list them all, and now we can include whites on that list.

But it’s not up for debate that white college applicants, particularly from poor and middle-class backgrounds, were discriminated against by top universities who implemented race-based admissions policies. The numbers are public. There’s simply no question.

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