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John McWhorter
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Is picnic derived from a racial epithet?
The racial reckoning of the past several years has altered the way we think about and use language, often for better but occasionally for worse. And sometimes, as John explains in this episode, what we tend to believe is at odds with what is most likely true.
Just crazy how the standard *respectful* terminology of the last 100 years is being shoved down the memory hole as "problematic" -- terms used by liberals and civil rights exemplars for decades -- driven by pseudo-educated, manufactured ignorance.
Is Negro a Slur or Just Antiquated?
I loved this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, John.
You're the top,
You're Mahatma Gandhi,
You're the top,
You're Napoleon brandy...
Just crazy how the standard *respectful* terminology of the last 100 years is being shoved down the memory hole as "problematic" -- terms used by liberals and civil rights exemplars for decades -- driven by pseudo-educated, manufactured ignorance.