I think it's more productive to think "Gee, look at all the words empire-building colonialists have made problematic" than "Gee, look at all the words we can't use anymore so we don't offend people."
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I think it's more productive to think "Gee, look at all the words empire-building colonialists have made problematic" than "Gee, look at all the words we can't use anymore so we don't offend people."
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I think it's more productive to think "Gee, look at all the words empire-building colonialists have made problematic" than "Gee, look at all the words we can't use anymore so we don't offend people."
Maybe if we hadn't been such absolute dickheads, you could still use words and NOT have them be correlated with racism, classism or sexism....
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Maybe if we hadn't been such absolute dickheads, you could still use words and NOT have them be correlated with racism, classism or sexism....
Why yes, I am sharing an office with a straight white conservative male in his late 50s.
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Why yes, I am sharing an office with a straight white conservative male in his late 50s.
@eldritch48 As a straight white REFORMED conservative/moderate male in his late 50s, let me say that it can be tough to change things that have been automatic for your whole life, after 50+ years. I still often refer to my local grocery store by the name of one we haven't lived near for ten years now lol!
But *trying* to improve yourself never ends, if you're motivated to do it in the first place. It's hard though, and most aren't willing to even try... Good luck!
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@eldritch48 As a straight white REFORMED conservative/moderate male in his late 50s, let me say that it can be tough to change things that have been automatic for your whole life, after 50+ years. I still often refer to my local grocery store by the name of one we haven't lived near for ten years now lol!
But *trying* to improve yourself never ends, if you're motivated to do it in the first place. It's hard though, and most aren't willing to even try... Good luck!
@croyle Oh yeah, for sure! That's why I think reframing it has value. I don't necessarily think mis-labeling, or mis-speaking is "proof" that someone is problematic, but if you're trying to be better, it helps to change the way you look at things.
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