[Ads-l] diverse-owned Re: ADS-L Digest - 8 Sep 2022 to 10 Sep 2022 (#2022-225)

[Amy West]

On 9/11/22 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Sat, 10 Sep 2022 09:10:25 +0200
> From:    Z Sohna<zrice3714 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: ADS-L Digest - 7 Sep 2022 to 8 Sep 2022 (#2022-224)
>
> "diverse-owned"??

Eeeyup. I see this as another instance of the use of "diverse" for 
"minority" or whatever euphemism is being used to stand for "a group 
that has been oppressed, marginalized, or underprivileged" (and 
"underprivileged" right there is similarly problematic).

You've no doubt heard things like "this neighborhood is very diverse," 
which sometimes means that yep, there's a lot of different types of 
folks who live here, and other times is being used to mean that there 
are a lot of folks from "minority" groups living here. (And "minority" 
is problematic.)

The only thing that makes me crazier is the use of "ethnic" as a 
euphemism, also: "My, this neighborhood is so . . . ethnic." And I 
apologize for using the term "euphemism," which isn't quite right 
either. Perhaps what I really should be saying is "shorthand." It's a 
stand-in, a replacement for . . . . I don't want to say "code," but 
maybe I should?

---Amy West

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