I define white as a social category, not a racial category. Of course, it carries unmistakable racial meanings, but as I have argued in this book, to see it as racial and nothing more is to misapprehend it.
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Misapprehend
/mɪsapɹɪˈhɛnd/
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glossmake a miscuemake a mistakemisapplymiscitemisconceivemisconstruemiscuemisdeemmisexplainmisexplicate
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They misapprehended the intentions and capabilities of our enemies, miscalculated the strength of communism, and misjudged the threat of terrorism.
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