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It’s so funny that with all the emphasis on progressive language and weeding slurs and language based on hate out of our everyday vocabulary–
And people are still completely okay saying “wife beater” (referring to the A-line shirt) despite the term being rooted in anti-italian and general anti-immigrant sentiment during a time where Italian, Irish and other immigrants to the US were consider not to be “white” in the way we use the term today.
I’m not saying anyone should stop using this term necessarily but like, just something to think about when we talk about how and when we decide that a term is harmful to a group of people.
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