Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @danielwinlander @trizzlor @CathyYoung63 @rasmansa @thomaschattwill @IndivCincy @JeffreyASachs I agree with all those critiques of the label. Nevertheless, it is widely used in the American vernacular by people who mean *something* by it, and I think the most common something they mean is something that bothers you too and that you're complaining about here. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@born_a_joneser @ijbailey @CathyYoung63 @rasmansa @thomaschattwill @IndivCincy @JeffreyASachs Given how easily humans skip into irrational prejudice when skin color categories are increased in salience it seems like malpractice to choose terminology for a line of study that needlessly bakes such language in, guaranteeing confusion — PolitiTweet.org