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> I'm saying that language evolves. That means I won't bother fighting changes that became established before I was born. I most definitely doesn't mean I have
by ragall 8mo ago
> I'm saying that language evolves.
That means I won't bother fighting changes that became established before I was born. I most definitely doesn't mean I have to go along with every change I see proposed now.
> If there are equivalent technical alternatives that don't carry a history of oppression
Words are not oppression.
- filldorns 8mo agoNo one chose to be born in a certain context. But everyone participates in the context that they continue to feed or transform. Do you recognize that you live in a system that produces racial inequality today? If the answer is yes, then there is some level of participation, albeit minimal. Because living in a structure is already being inside it. If you are white, your ancestors did this. They created separation and made simple words dehumanize people. So yes, you and everyone else has a chance to make amends. The choice is yours.
- ragall 8mo ago[flagged]