[Ads-l] caucasity

[Mark Mandel]

Not an accidental bonus, I think, else why the third "c" instead of "s" as
in "Caucasian"?

Mark Mandel

On Fri, May 6, 2022, 5:29 PM Alice Faber <afaber at panix.com> wrote:

> On 5/6/22 2:23 PM, James Landau wrote:
> >
> https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/5/4/2095835/-Newsmax-host-has-the-caucasity-to-accuse-Justice-Ketanji-Brown-Jackson-of-leaking-Alito-opinion?detail=emaildkre
> > headline:  "Newsmax host has the caucasity to accuse Justice Ketanji
> Brown Jackson of leaking Alito opinion"
> > I suspect this is a covfefe for "audactiy".
> >
> > James Landau
> > jjjrlandau at netscape.com
> >
> Nope. I've seen it on Black Twitter
> (
> https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/opinion/the-real-twitter-is-not-for-sale.html)
>
> for a number of years with the meaning (inferred from context) "acting
> or behaving under the influence of unexamined white privilege". That it
> rhymes with "audacity" is a bonus.
>
> Alice
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