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While the meaning (discussed above) of "white supremacy" has been well understood for decades, some academic scholars have sought to cloud the issue.  Since the 1970s, some civil rights leaders have complained of "institutional racism" that is the product of a total institution, even when the individuals are not racist.  Such collective "racism" gave rise to demands for "sensitivity training" of individuals as well as express [[affirmative action]] quotas.  Although allegations of institutional racism have become passe, the concept has now reappeared by redefining "white supremacy."  For example, legal scholar Frances Lee Ansley explains this definition as follows:

While the meaning (discussed above) of "white supremacy" has been well understood for decades, some academic scholars have sought to cloud the issue.  Since the 1970s, some civil rights leaders have complained of "institutional racism" that is the product of a total institution, even when the individuals are not racist.  Such collective "racism" gave rise to demands for "sensitivity training" of individuals as well as express [[affirmative action]] quotas.  Although allegations of institutional racism have become passe, the concept has now reappeared by redefining "white supremacy."  For example, legal scholar Frances Lee Ansley explains this definition as follows:

 

{{quotebox|By "white supremacy" I do not mean to [[Allusion|allude]] only to the self-conscious racism of white supremacist hate groups. I refer instead to a political, economic and cultural system in which whites overwhelmingly control power and material resources, conscious and unconscious ideas of white superiority and entitlement are widespread, and relations of white dominance and non-white subordination are daily reenacted across a broad array of institutions and social settings.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ansley|first=Frances Lee|title=Stirring the Ashes: Race, Class and the Future of Civil Rights Scholarship|journal=Cornell Law Review|year=1989|volume=74|pages=993ff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | publisher = Temple University Press | isbn = 978-1-56639-532-8 | editor1 = Richard Delgado |editor2= Jean Stefancic | last = Ansley | first = Frances Lee | title = Critical white studies: Looking behind the mirror | chapter = White supremacy (and what we should do about it) | date = 1997-06-29 | page = 592}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|By "white supremacy" I do not mean to [[Allusion|allude]] only to the self-conscious racism of white supremacist hate groups. I refer instead to a political, economic and cultural system in which whites overwhelmingly control power and material resources, conscious and unconscious ideas of white superiority and entitlement are widespread, and relations of white dominance and non-white subordination are daily reenacted across a broad array of institutions and social settings.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ansley|first=Frances Lee|title=Stirring the Ashes: Race, Class and the Future of Civil Rights Scholarship|journal=Cornell Law Review|year=1989|volume=74|pages=993ff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | publisher = Temple University Press | isbn = 978-1-56639-532-8 | editor1 = Richard Delgado |editor2= Jean Stefancic | last = Ansley | first = Frances Lee | title = Critical white studies: Looking behind the mirror | chapter = White supremacy (and what we should do about it) | date = 1997-06-29 | page = 592}}</ref>}}

In effect, unconscious compliance with the ''status quo'' norms of United States society can make a person a "white supremacist" under this definition.

In effect, unconscious compliance with the ''status quo'' norms of United States society can make a person a "white supremacist" under this definition.