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'''Racial censorship''' is the stifling of criticism of [[affirmative action]] by declaring such criticism to be bigoted.
 
'''Racial censorship''' is the stifling of criticism of [[affirmative action]] by declaring such criticism to be bigoted.
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==Origin of the Term==
 
'''Racial censorship''' was the title of a column by black Professor Walter Williams to decry the name-calling of [[Rush Limbaugh]] for suggesting that a black quarterback was playing for reasons of social concern rather than merit:<ref>http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/03/censorship.html</ref>
 
'''Racial censorship''' was the title of a column by black Professor Walter Williams to decry the name-calling of [[Rush Limbaugh]] for suggesting that a black quarterback was playing for reasons of social concern rather than merit:<ref>http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/03/censorship.html</ref>
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:The true tragedy of the flap over Limbaugh's remarks is that it's reflective of an ongoing process in our increasingly [[politically correct]] world where people are losing the freedom to say what they think lest they be subject to intimidation, extortion and other costs by our well-established grievance industry.
 
:The true tragedy of the flap over Limbaugh's remarks is that it's reflective of an ongoing process in our increasingly [[politically correct]] world where people are losing the freedom to say what they think lest they be subject to intimidation, extortion and other costs by our well-established grievance industry.
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==Commonality of Usage==
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A [[Google]] search of the term reveals less than 500 hits, all of them seemingly attributable either to [[Rush Limbaugh]], the above opinion column, or pieces ''about'' either of those topics.<ref>http://www.google.com/search?q=%22racial+censorship%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a</ref>
 
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