• spujb@lemmy.cafe
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    12 days ago

    I don’t know why, but this post has been like a mind virus to me, trying to intuit out the first ones using context clues. For those who don’t want to zoom in on pixels or google extensively, here:

    Term Kind Description
    ??? ??? - Could be 5% sure this is “field hand”
    ??? - About 30% sure this might be “servants”
    Colored Slur A more acceptable form now in the modern term “person of color/POC”
    Welfare Queens Very Derogatory Pejorative Term disproportionately associated with Black, single mothers, stereotyping them as intentionally committing welfare fraud
    Urban Pejorative More of a euphemism, not so derogatory except in fairly specific contexts
    PC Satirical Pejorative (Politically Correct); interesting because even among leftists it was mostly a form of self-satire before being adopted as a pejorative by conservatives; in modern use isn’t so much of a direct derogatory as a downplaying of discriminatory circumstances
    SJW Pejorative (Social Justice Warrior); the least racially charged item in this list, just a pejorative for a progressive or leftist who is vocal
    Woke Vernacular / Pejorative African American Vernacular English for alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination; co-opted by conservatives as a pejorative yet still largely used by all sides of the political spectrum despite generally having moved beyond the concept of race only
    CRT Technical (Critical Race Theory); academic field considering racism to be systemic; despite being an entire field since the ‘60s, conservatives began seeking to ban the instruction of CRT in 2020
    DEI Technical (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion); linked values used to define organizational frameworks that better represent historically discriminated groups including those across race and gender; has been called into blame by conservatives for several tragedies, the blatantly racist implication being that people of color are being hired despite being ill-equipped to perform