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I’ve always wanted a list of all social science concepts that have been laundered into existence by well-meaning academic activists, but that eventually quietly
by 8f2ab37a-ed6c 4y ago
I’ve always wanted a list of all social science concepts that have been laundered into existence by well-meaning academic activists, but that eventually quietly went away, either by falling out of fashion or by being proven to be bunk.
Trigger warnings, implicit bias tests, cultural appropriation, lived experience, micro aggressions and a few others come to mind.
- goatlover 4y ago> Trigger warnings, implicit bias tests, cultural appropriation, lived experience, micro aggressions and a few others come to mind. All of those are now part of the public discourse, to the point South Park dedicated a season to it with PC Principal. I don't know whether they've been debunked and fallen out of favor in academia, but they sure are commonly used words today.
- robertlagrant 4y agoI don't think any of those have gone away or fallen out of fashion.