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Person of Diversity.
It looks like a new bit of jargon from the sensitivity industry is being spread around to take the place of "person of color": "person of diversity". Most of the Google hits for this phrase seem to be using it in the same way "person of color" has been used, and they also generally seem to be using it in all earnestness:
The even older term was "nonwhite", but when I were a university lad in the middle 1990s, I was informed that this word is now considered bad because it described people as what they weren't rather than what they were, or because it implied that white people were the norm and everybody else was abnormal, or something like that.
JM
The even older term was "nonwhite", but when I were a university lad in the middle 1990s, I was informed that this word is now considered bad because it described people as what they weren't rather than what they were, or because it implied that white people were the norm and everybody else was abnormal, or something like that.
JM
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[nq:1]It looks like a new bit of jargon from the sensitivity industry is being spread around to take the place ... or because it implied that white people were the norm and everybody else was abnormal, or something like that. " I can see the point: There are a lot of "differently abled" people who are able to accomplish quite a lot of things that many "able-bodied" people are unable to do.
- [nq:1]It looks like a new bit of jargon from the sensitivity industry is being spread around to take the place ...
- or because it implied that white people were the norm and everybody else was abnormal, or something like that.
- " I can see the point: There are a lot of "differently abled" people who are able to accomplish quite a lot of things that many "able-bodied" people are unable to do.
- Still that doesn't mean that "differently abled" will ever become the term of choice, and who knows what will be the fate of the term "person of diversity"?
- Raymond S.
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[nq:1]It looks like a new bit of jargon from the sensitivity industry is being spread around to take the place ... or because it implied that white people were the norm and everybody else was abnormal, or something like that. JM[/nq]
A similar argument has been made in objection for the word "disabled" and in favor of the expression "differently abled." I can see the point: There are a lot of
A similar argument has been made in objection for the word "disabled" and in favor of the expression "differently abled." I can see the point: There are a lot of
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[nq:2]It looks like a new bit of jargon from the ... and everybody else was abnormal, or something like that. JM[/nq]
[nq:1]A similar argument has been made in objection for the word "disabled" and in favor of the expression "differently abled." ... ever become the term of choice, and who knows what will be the fate of the term "person of diversity"?[/nq]
We are all differently abled, and
[nq:1]A similar argument has been made in objection for the word "disabled" and in favor of the expression "differently abled." ... ever become the term of choice, and who knows what will be the fate of the term "person of diversity"?[/nq]
We are all differently abled, and
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The inimitable Joe Manfre (Email Removed) stated one day
[nq:1]It looks like a new bit of jargon from the sensitivity industry is being spread around to take the place ... way "person of color" has been used, and they also generally seem to be using it in all earnestness: [/nq]
It is another nonsense term. I am a "person of diversity" all the time with 6 known bloodlines coursing through
[nq:1]It looks like a new bit of jargon from the sensitivity industry is being spread around to take the place ... way "person of color" has been used, and they also generally seem to be using it in all earnestness: [/nq]
It is another nonsense term. I am a "person of diversity" all the time with 6 known bloodlines coursing through
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[nq:1]The even older term was "nonwhite", but when I were a university lad in the middle 1990s, I was informed that this word is now considered bad because it described people as what they weren't rather than what they were ...[/nq]
Quite. I have put in a call to Bram Stoker about this scandalous "undead" nonsense.
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
Quite. I have put in a call to Bram Stoker about this scandalous "undead" nonsense.
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
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[nq:1]White is without a doubt abnormal, and Crayola's "Flesh color" through the 1950s was far too pink to use on anyone but an underdone baby.[/nq]Did I ever tell you guys the story about Mother's Day in kindergarten (1974)? We were required to draw, using crayons, a picture of our mothers (query whether there were any pupils who had no mothers who would have felt left out by this, but people wer
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[nq:2]The even older term was "nonwhite", but when I were ... norm and everybody else was abnormal, or something like that.[/nq]
[nq:1]This is more nonsense. The only "white" people I have ever known are albinos, one of whom named Ricahrd almost ... for air and his mother shouted "Richard! Let him go! Stop that right now!" White is without a doubt abnormal,[/nq]
So is black, yellow, or red
[nq:1]This is more nonsense. The only "white" people I have ever known are albinos, one of whom named Ricahrd almost ... for air and his mother shouted "Richard! Let him go! Stop that right now!" White is without a doubt abnormal,[/nq]
So is black, yellow, or red
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[nq:1]We are all differently abled, and we are all contributors to that diversity. Neither term conveys much exclusionary meaning (which ... such, they become code phrases, and will acquire their own pejorative connotation before long. It keeps administrators hopping, it does.[/nq]
I was informed this morning that Brown University employs the term "Third World" in reference to minority/nonwhit
I was informed this morning that Brown University employs the term "Third World" in reference to minority/nonwhit
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R F filted:
[nq:1]Did I ever tell you guys the story about Mother's Day in kindergarten (1974)? We were required to draw, using ... said). This was one of the Bad and Confusing Experiences of Life that caused me to experience so much disillusionment.[/nq]
Never saw the appeal of "coloring"...maybe that's the protanopia at work; I probably would have done my mother in green or blue..
[nq:1]Did I ever tell you guys the story about Mother's Day in kindergarten (1974)? We were required to draw, using ... said). This was one of the Bad and Confusing Experiences of Life that caused me to experience so much disillusionment.[/nq]
Never saw the appeal of "coloring"...maybe that's the protanopia at work; I probably would have done my mother in green or blue..
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The inimitable R H Draney (Email Removed) stated one day
[nq:1]Never saw the appeal of "coloring"[/nq]
The only thing I can see about it that is potentially useful is that it demonstrates who is messy and who is neat. My messy son (#2) is very bad at staying within the lines of the object he's coloring and not patient enough to make sure that the entire space is filled in with color.. OTOH
[nq:1]Never saw the appeal of "coloring"[/nq]
The only thing I can see about it that is potentially useful is that it demonstrates who is messy and who is neat. My messy son (#2) is very bad at staying within the lines of the object he's coloring and not patient enough to make sure that the entire space is filled in with color.. OTOH
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The inimitable Joe Manfre (Email Removed) stated one day
[nq:1]I was informed this morning that Brown University employs the term "Third World" in reference to minority/nonwhite/person-of-color/ person-of-diversity people. This ... that is the usual meaning everywhere else: http://www.b
[nq:1]I was informed this morning that Brown University employs the term "Third World" in reference to minority/nonwhite/person-of-color/ person-of-diversity people. This ... that is the usual meaning everywhere else: http://www.b
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