When I was in college, "of color" was the politically correct phrase, and I was taught that I had to "do the work" to use it instead of "black", which is what I had been familiar with growing up. Now it seems to have reversed. I predict this will seesaw for the rest of my life.https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1247551411241521157 …
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Replying to @olivertraldi
Could it also swing to a situation where the societal mainstream rejects the imposition of language norms by groups of dominant outsiders?
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The "mainstream" just is that group of outsiders, as far as I can tell.
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The societal mainstream is more centrist than the intellectual mainstream
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