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Once again, I ask: why, because someone happens to be born black, do they get 'ownership' of the word? What does it even mean for an ethnic group to have owner
by earenndil 8y ago
Once again, I ask: why, because someone happens to be born black, do they get 'ownership' of the word? What does it even mean for an ethnic group to have ownership of a word? A single word doesn't have enough meaning to express a complete idea.
- dwaltrip 8y agoYou don't have to agree that they have ownership. There are some people who disagree. It's an emergent phenomenon. There is no committee that decides this. But you would be fighting a difficult uphill battle, one that doesn't seem to have much upside (from my perspective). The word's complex meaning is found in its enormously rich historical and cultural contexts.
- pvg 8y agoThis is a very common, slightly less obvious variant of 'how come there is no white history month'. You can google your way to plenty of discussions of it, including a recently very popular Ta-Nehisi Coates video.