Language wars

The left keeps fighting the language wars and losing everything else.

Unhoused, not homeless. Undocumented, not illegal. Transgender, not transsexual. Sex worker, not prostitute. And let’s be extremely careful about what word to use to refer to people of colour in the United States. Negro, the word used by Langston Hughes and Martin Luther King, Jr., is out. Afro-American and African-American (with or without the hyphens) had their day, but no more. This week the acceptable term is Black, with a capital B (which is the exact meaning of Negro, but . . . never mind).

Meanwhile, millions of people continue to live on the streets; immigrants continue to be abused by employers, traffickers, and government thugs; people with gender dysphoria continue to be harassed and vilified; women continue to be sexually exploited; and racism continues unabated.

Cartoon idea: Crowd chanting “She’s not illegal, she’s undocumented!” as ICE thugs hustle a woman into an unmarked van.

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