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An unfriendly reminder that “Black Fatigue” was coined by a BLACK WOMAN to describe BLACK EXPERIENCES. Not this “boohoo I’m tired of seeing Black people” mentality that many of you seem to possess
30 upvotes, 13 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "An unfriendly reminder that “Black Fatigue” was coined by a BLACK WOMAN to describe BLACK EXPERIENCES. Not this “boohoo I’m tired of seeing Black people” mentality that many of you seem to possess"
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Anonymous 17w

Peak example of how ideas created by POC are co-opted and corrupted into meaninglessness

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Anonymous 17w

framing it that people “are tired of seeing black people” will worsen the rhetoric even more and embolden more racists, when people whine about “black fatigue” it’s that they’re using racism to tie unfair stereotypes to the concept of people being black and grouping all black people under them

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Anonymous 17w

No because where tf did this change come from 😭

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Anonymous 17w

No one has a monopoly on words. Their meaning and usage evolve within contexts and over time.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 17w

My best guess is that either that someone misheard it and said “this must be about how racist I am” or that it’s been deliberately misconstrued to erase her work

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17w

Probably a mix of both and it seems like it’s gone viral somehow

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 17w

The people who got pissed about the definition of a vaccine don’t wanna hear this 💀

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 17w

Their opinions do not guide the rules of language.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 17w

womp womp nazi go cry in the corner

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 17w

What makes me a “nazi”? Nazis were very hierarchical, especially in their monopolization of language. They were not linguistic relativists at all.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 17w

The “national socialist party” never did linguistic relativism? Never ever?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17w

This kinda proves my point that the meaning of words changes depending on the context and time. How you and I conceive of the word “socialist” isn’t how a 1920 citizen of the weimar republic (and its complex political/ideological system) would think of it. “National socialism” itself being a phrase that doesn’t make much sense outside of that political system (to the extent it did in its own time, but was still a distinct political ideology meant to appeal to the issues and views of its distinct

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 17w

electorate.) To be a Nazi means to yield political language to the party. No divergence. No dissent. No variation.

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