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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]James, Percival Everett.
So well written, slyly funny, enjoyed revisiting this classic narrated from the point of view of[b] a slave[/b].[/quote]

Let me fix that for you: *an enslaved person*[/quote]
Am I the only one who finds “let me fix that for you” terribly annoying? [/quote]

Not as annoying as perpetuating racism and harming people with ignorance though, is it? [/quote]
You get more bees with honey. 
People aren’t going to listen and learn when you write that. Much nicer ways to say it that will have a bigger impact than your self righteousness. [/quote]

Couldn’t agree more. Saying slave is not perpetuating anything. Maybe in the mind of a progressive extremist it is. [/quote]

+1. There is no difference between using the noun "slave" or the descriptive ohrase "enslaved person". none[/quote]

Op and I don't really want to see this thread derailed further, but there is a difference.  Slave is dehumanizing, while enslaved person  focuses more on their humanity.  The current appropriate term is enslaved person.  We change terms all the time- why is this so bothersome to some?[/quote]

Nobody appointed you the arbiter of which term is “currently appropriate.”  Your claim is silly.[/quote]

Be open to learning: https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2023/12/14/1219329636/slave-or-enslaved[/quote]

It is a giant leap from letting someone know that it is more sensitive to say “enslaved person” instead of defining a person as a slave  to then saying that using the word slave is racism.  Have you ever thought that watering down what constitutes racism makes it mean a lot less in instances of actual racism?[/quote]

I don't think anyone said it was racist (or I didn't, anyway).  I was responding to folks who could see any difference or don't want to take the time to be more human-centered.[/quote]

NP. Nobody likes their language policed. I get the whole human-centered language push but when you police other people’s language, you should use a more “human-centered” correction instead of coming off flippant. Because there always seems to be new human centered words and it takes some people longer to adopt these terms because of exposure. Human centered language is elitist so let people catch up on language trends.[/quote]

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