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You didn’t even write “black person” with a capital “B” as in “Black person”. In many places you’d be jumped on for this recent development.
by nemo44x 6y ago
You didn’t even write “black person” with a capital “B” as in “Black person”. In many places you’d be jumped on for this recent development.
- chillwaves 6y agoVery much doubt that.
- nemo44x 6y agoYou won’t for long. Read this from the paper of record. Life comes at you fast. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/black-african-american-style-debate.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/black-african-american...
- pseudalopex 6y agoThe article explains different perspectives. The author uses lower case when they have a choice. Who got jumped on?
- Izkata 6y agoActually as far as I'm aware, the current politically correct term is "person of color" specifically so "person" is first instead of "black", and "color" instead of "black" so middle-eastern/etc aren't excluded.
- nemo44x 6y agoNo you’re totally wrong here. From Kimberle Crenshaw herself (Pioneer of critical race theory) there is a difference between a “Black person” and a “person who happens to be black”. It’s important to understand what this means and how it guides this philosophy and the activism we now see in the workplace. This is all intentional. “People/Person of color“ is an entirely different thing. You need to understand the hierarchy here and why it’s important to concepts like intersectionality and thus social justice. You should read the actual work and come to understand they mean what they say and the “language game” being played isn’t really a game as critical theory understands the power of language quite well and is ready, willing, and able to indoctrinate useful idiots to propagate it. It’s all in their literature. I’ve read it.
- reiichiroh 6y agoIt’s also frowned upon to prefix with “the”