positionality = "social status or position"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Dr. James Peterson of Bucknell appeared on Fox's  _Live Desk_  in a discussion of the Michael Vick case.  He suggested that in regard to inner-city youngsters who have become successful professional athletes, many people resent their "positionality in our culture."

  An admittedly cursory examination of the 60,000 "positionality" Googlits reveals that it means something like "social status or position as determined by a combination of inherent and socially attributed characteristics."

  In other words, notably in the present case, "social status or position."

  JL


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