discussion recapContent: language, racism, ableism, bigotry Our April discussion focused on words and phrases with bigoted origins or which have developed these conations through general use. These words may seem innocuous to people who do not have direct, lived experiences with them (e.g. a Black person always seeing the color black used as an indicator of evil in fantasy). Our primary takeaways from the discussion are:
Tactics for change:
resourcesOur spreadsheet of words and phrases, their history, and resources is available via Google Drive. If you have recommendations for additions or edits, please send them to us. upcomingOur May 5, 2022 discussion will be about "calling out" and "calling in." More soon.
We will be posting more in April sharing specific stories and examples from this month's discussion, as well as alternative phrases for two extremely common words: "crazy" and "guys". Thank you so much for a wonderful discussion!
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