jesse_the_k: Cartoon ruler says "You rock" to a cartoon stone who says "you rule!" (rock and rule)
Jesse the K ([personal profile] jesse_the_k) wrote in [personal profile] capri0mni 2012-01-25 11:15 pm (UTC)

I can't see a downside to burying that particular terminology. Yes it has been effective in the past, but it's also raised many hackles. (Due, mostly, to unexamined privilege, but their hackles nonetheless.)

Just in case you haven't found this classic example of humor and politics:
Jay Smooth's How To Tell People They Sound Racist
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