Word Fallacies: Why I Don’t Debate Semantics in Justice Work
<p>It happens all too often in activist circles: someone is telling about their experience of having a traditionally oppressed identity, or, during a webinar, a facilitator uses a phrase that may be new to the person hearing it.</p>
<p>“Excuse me,” you’ll here, “Are those really the right words to describe what you’re talking about?”</p>
<p>Most often, this comes up around phrases in social justice that are unfamiliar or evoke strong emotions. Perhaps they think “white privilege” means that no white people have a tough life or that talking about “white supremacy” means we’re accusing all white people individually of being racist or, even worse, implying they affiliate with hate groups.</p>
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