Whites like this angrily rejected the argument that black people deserved special consideration because of their long history of being oppressed. Many did not consider themselves to be prejudiced. They insisted that they supported the right of all people to equal opportunity, still a most hallowed American political ideal. But they hotly resented being dismissed as "racists" by privileged integrationists—"limousine liberals"—who lived in lily-white suburbs. And they drew a firm line against special treatment to protect or advance minority groups as groups.98 Liberal-dominated agencies such as
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