[Ads-l] diverse-owned

[Amy West]

On 9/15/22 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:47:11 -0400
> From:    Amy West<medievalist at W-STS.COM>
> Subject: Re: ADS-L Digest - 12 Sep 2022 to 13 Sep 2022 (#2022-228)
>
> On 9/14/22 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
>> Date:    Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:01:50 -0400
>> From:    Laurence Horn<laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>> Subject: Re: diverse-owned Re: ADS-L Digest - 8 Sep 2022 to 10 Sep 2022 (#2022-225)
>>
>> True as far as ethnicity goes, but "diverse" also sometimes extends to
>> sexual minorities.  Still designating "other", as you say.
>>
>> LH
> And also gender "minorities". So, yes, I recognize the breadth of
> "diverse" as euphemism, but see previous rant. And that "breadth" is I
> think why I was going for "shorthand" as opposed to "euphemism".
>
> ---Amy West

Something that occurred to me yesterday as I thought about this is: are 
we seeing socio-economic class also being included in the the "diverse" 
euphemism? That would make it more than just a replacement for "minority."

---Amy West

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