The moral case against equity language

Re:The moral case against equity language by madaxe_again on Friday March 03, 2023 @06:24AM (#35008182)

I have been told in no uncertain terms that the word “minority” is offensive, as it has come to have pejorative use. No alternative term was suggested, rather that one should refer to specific groups of people with their specific terms, and never generalise.

Additionally, “white knight” I have also been told off for, for the reasons you might expect.

In both of these cases (actually, almost every case I can think of) my language was being policed by, um, materially unencumbered birthgivers of reduced melanin.

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Re:The moral case against equity language by wonderwonder on Friday March 03, 2023 @07:34AM (#35008704)

I love the term white knight specifically because it's offensive to those I reference with it and because it does such a great job describing my view of them and ironically their unconcious view of themselves. Also the amusing thing is that they are always white.

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Re:The moral case against equity language by andsoitis on Friday March 03, 2023 @10:10AM (#35010591)

> they are always white

Might it be because they think they know best?

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Re:The moral case against equity language by wholinator2 on Friday March 03, 2023 @09:19AM (#35009931)

I feel like, Materially Unencumbered Birth Gives of Reduced Melanin, is approaching an actual usable acronym for the typical pejorative, Karen. I bet chatgpt could bridge the gap

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Re:The moral case against equity language by samastur on Friday March 03, 2023 @10:35AM (#35010935)

I don't see white women standing out in their behaviour, but they sure will always remain an acceptable group to beat up on without losing your progressive or otherwise credentials.

Karen at this point is always pejorative and pretty much just not well hidden sexism at best.

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Re:The moral case against equity language by wonderwonder on Friday March 03, 2023 @11:31AM (#35011716)

That's been the most impactful change of the entire progressive movement. It's now ok to be sexist and racist against white women. It's feminism stood on its head. The reduction of white women to a meme has been incredible to watch. No idea why anyone would be for this.

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Re:The moral case against equity language by DangitBobby on Sunday March 05, 2023 @01:26AM (#35027359)

Is materially unencumbered rich or poor?

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