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

[Amy West]

On 9/12/22 10:10, Amy West wrote:
> 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
>
"Substitution" that's what I should have said. Sigh.

---Amy West

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