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Chan790

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19. It's an argument over the racist origins of non-racist words.

Mon Nov 25, 2013, 08:07 PM

Nov 2013

It's argumentation that the word "orientation" like other common-use words with with roots in racist terms are themselves racist even where the racist connotations have been stripped away. I actually thought it was a more common phenomena than it apparently is...I've encountered it personally a few times in the past few years but when I Googled it, I can't find any discussion of it.

So I guess orientation is safe for now.

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..and the problem there is... Chan790 Nov 2013 #13

Yeah, but that's dumb. Iggo Nov 2013 #15

I was not aware of that. Interesting, thanks! PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #18

It's an argument over the racist origins of non-racist words. Chan790 Nov 2013 #19

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Sure... Chan790 Nov 2013 #29

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