I once tried to explain to someone why "cultural appropriation" is not a neutral term to me and... yeah. Circular arguments that left all parties unsatisfied.
But this is... come ON. Break the word down into its roots, prefixes, etc. and it is clearly negative, even absent its long negative usage in US-ian history.
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Date: 2007-07-31 02:18 am (UTC)But this is... come ON. Break the word down into its roots, prefixes, etc. and it is clearly negative, even absent its long negative usage in US-ian history.