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mymindisgoo t1_je123hl wrote

Reply to comment by Pretty_Garbage8380 in NYC teachers union’s workshop on ‘harmful effects of whiteness’ canceled after influx of ‘hate’ by someone_whoisthat

Serious question. Why is people of color okay but not colored people? It's literally the exact same thing.

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AnacharsisIV t1_je57hyi wrote

The same reason we're told to use "enslaved person" instead of "slave" or "homeless person" instead of "bum": it's a concept called "people first language" that popped up in the last fifteen years or so

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