If that’s truly the case, then it’s a shame he didn’t have the courage on an internet message board to say so. “Sad!”
Yeah, it should be "“I saw a transgender person being kicked and beaten by people who support Trump yesterday.”
Problematic people (problematics) talk about “blacks,” “Jews,” and “the gays,” so if you don’t want to associate yourself with them you can do so with somewhat clunkier language. You can save time and just say “whites,” though. I’ve been doing that for years and no one cares. Example. If your sentence is sufficiently radical then you’re unlikely to get pushback, e.g. Blacks should band together to overthrow white oppression.
Some people are way behind on the treadmill. I’ve heard plenty of older boomers say things like, “She’s such a sweet colored girl.” I wonder if POC will be similarly out of touch in 50 years. Maybe the zeitgeist will lap itself.
Huh? “Jew” is a noun, not an adjective There is nothing wrong with “Jews.”
Except that problematics (heh) tend to use it in a pejorative way. Some sensitivity to context is important.
“American Jews hold a range of opinions about Israel.” A-Ok.
“Jews moved in next door.” Weird. Normal people would say “A Jewish family moved in” or “My new neighbors are Jewish.”
Not comparable. “Bound” is inherently non-neutral.
You mean “people who are problematic”.
Though every rule has its exceptions, as is pointed out in the article:
This leads me to conclude it is not simply a matter of rules, but a test of cultural awareness.
Which do you prefer:
Offended people
-or-
Offendeds.
that was meant as a joke
“People who are offended” of course. Need to use a “people first” construction.
Oh, sure, after years of “offenderati” being a perfectly cromulent word…
Og help me, I read that and got an image of a girl who’s light sky blue with an orange medial stripe and hot pink hair.