I was horrified and took the word to be both sexist and racist, but the policemen all insisted it was normal usage where they came from. I still don't know (20 years later) whether this was the truth about usage in some circles in Manchester at that time, or whether they were ...
The irritation I feel at the cruel, colonial, and racist passages in the book Wiener wrote about my culture gives way to a sudden compassion for his unwittingly anti-academic, self-aggrandizing self. A Polyamorous Woman On an existential quest tracing a legacy of abandonment, jealousy and colon...
This is a book for our age and for all of us; a deadly serious dark comedy which invites us to view our reflections in the looking glass. It’s for anyone who has lost hours down an internet rabbit hole, who wonders why our politics has become so fatally warped, and who wants a wa...
Indeed there is a dangerous degree of polarisation taking place and a good deal of inflammatory and racist language been thrown in for good measure. It is not helped by recent waves of terrorist atrocities committed by people claiming to be true followers of Islam. I therefore commend "Common...
it is a cuss word that only black people are allowed to use. So maybe it’s safer to say that for black people it’s a cuss word, and for everyone else it’s horrifically racist. Sorry for the double standard, but if you live in this country and can’t grasp a double standard, ...
Adapted for cutting. from the English-language WiktionaryOf or pertaining to sectors. from the English-language WiktionaryOf, relating to, or having the shape of a of a circle. from Free Scrabble DictionaryFind More Words! Wildcard(?) letters appear in RED...
The latest string of smash-and-grab attacks on high-end stores in California should not be called looting as that would be racist, two criminal justice experts told the media and police. The lecture on linguistics came after the San Francisco Bay area police departments had described a series...
t thought of as swearwords at all. In English-speaking countries, however, many people avoid using racial slurs to swear for fear of appearing racist. Women also tend to avoid the use of expletives that relate to the female sexual anatomy out of the belief that the words contain an ...
Toward the end of the year, revelations about President Woodrow Wilson’s racist attitudes sent many to the dictionary. Overall, lookups have increased 50% over last year. Photo: Amy Schumer by Mario Santor, Emma Watson by Georges Biard CC BY-SA 3.0 Feminism Feminism was looked up ...
past, that he can read, write and articulate, but he must suppress his ability to understand intellectually and more importantly hide his capable manner of his speech, in order to keep him safe from those whose racist ways of thinking will be threatened by a man showing superior comprehension...