The linked paper and resulting discussion in this metafilter thread came to mind upon reading your post.
Which is to say: Word.
Sometimes I think hyperfocus on language and political correctness retarded actual discussion about race - created this artificial goal where if nobody ever uses slurs in public, then we've "solved" racism. (Of course we can't even manage to clear that laughably low hurdle.)
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Date: 2009-03-12 08:40 pm (UTC)Which is to say: Word.
Sometimes I think hyperfocus on language and political correctness retarded actual discussion about race - created this artificial goal where if nobody ever uses slurs in public, then we've "solved" racism. (Of course we can't even manage to clear that laughably low hurdle.)