Richard Stallman on Nostr: [2/3] that article itself embodies symbolic bigotry by capitalizing "black" but not ...
[2/3] that article itself embodies symbolic bigotry by capitalizing "black" but not "white". (To avoid this bigotry, capitalize both words or neither one.) I denounce lesser forms of bigotry too, and I don't want to normalize symbolic bigotry by letting it pass without calling it out. Normally I avoid any mention of articles that practice it. I had conflicting feelings about that article based on these two valid goals: to make a link, because of its important point about racism, or not to
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