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If I understand it correctly, Musk is criticising the ADL for having a policy the implies that only whites can be racist because of white privilege… or something to the effect?

Am I missing something? What’s the big controversy here?



Pretty much, yes.

From Musk: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1724933980276084909

Article from CNN talking about their definition of racism. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/04/us/anti-defamation-league-rac...

The ADL's definition: "The marginalization and/or oppression of people of color based on a socially constructed racial hierarchy that privileges white people."

Also they have defined saying "it's okay to be white" as hateful language. https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/its-okay-be-white

There are a few other such examples, such as statements from ADL leadership.

The controversy is that people are calling this antisemitism


The article seems to say that the ADL stopped using that definition years ago. Why did he wait until this week to tweet about it? Especially by replying to a vague tweet about "Jewish communities"? Seems more like damage control to me


Because it's an exhibit of their attitude. The ADL's attitude has not changed, even if they let go of one piece of stupidity.


That doesn't make sense to me. If that's the case, why is he talking about "Jewish communities" instead of naming organizations or groups he has a problem with?


The funniest/saddest part is that "it's okay to be white" and the ok hand sign are literally just 4chan trolling trying to demonstrate how unhinged their political opposition is, and the hook gets swallowed every time.


Yes, you're missing many other Musk's attacks (both open and using dog whistle) on the jewish people.


Some people have mentioned "dog whistle" attacks, but the stuff they linked to doesn't actually appear to be of that nature.

Is it possible that people are just making assumptions and/or reading too much into his tweets?

To me this seems like a storm in a teacup...




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