Oh, the whole “if only you didn’t use big words, people would be on board” argument… except that’s not the case. The same people who dislike “cultural appropriation” (a perfectly good phrase that accurately sums up what’s happening) aren’t all of a sudden going to be on board if you call it something else. Literally no one who wants to keep the name of Washington’s football team would all of a sudden have a come to Jesus moment if you didn’t use the phrase “cultural appropriation”. (which might be a bad example?). Same with the head dress. Becky is not going to all of a sudden take off her headdress and dive into a book on Native American history because you stop using “cultural appropriation.” Because they don’t give a shit. These are the same people that wear Trump 2020 “fuck your feelings” shirts. They whinge about the use of the language because they think that us egg head academics are the real problem, and they think it’s bullshit that we get a say at all in describing the world.
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