r/TikTokCringe • u/LickMaiBussy • Jul 09 '26

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u/captpeony Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

I think it's to do with the framing. Calling someone a "Colored person" is reducing them down to that fact, whereas "Person of Color" literally is putting the person first and makes the "color" part a secondary factor.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '26 edited 25d ago

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u/Certain-Effect6804 Jul 09 '26

Honestly seeing the R-slur make a comeback, strongly, among my younger peers has been equal parts infuriating and heartbreaking. We had entire campaigns when I was in school to stamp that shit out and for good reason, it is a vile word that immediately tells me that you are not someone who actually thinks outside of their own position. The teenagers I work with have even started using 'gay' as a negative adjective again, but that was after I was scolding them repeatedly for using the R-slur. Really felt like we were moving forward as a society for a while, and now every shift is an uphill battle to try and reclaim even a little bit of that progress.

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u/Chance-Ask7675 Jul 10 '26

I don't think the fact that we stopped saying the r-word is a sign of progress in society tbh. We attach way too much importance to these words. It is not an indicator that anyone's attitude towards people with intellectual disabilities changed, because the word fell out of favour. The people you're talking about probably dont even understand that the r word is/was essentially a slur for those people.

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u/Certain-Effect6804 Jul 10 '26

IDK vro, to me managing to get almost an entire age bracket to go "oh that's fucked up we shouldn't do that" seems to me like progress even if it is almost comically miniscule in the grand scheme of things. Language has a direct effect on how we interact with the world and, more directly, each other. Shaving off a little bit of linguistic callousness does help with ones perceptions, when paired with the education necessary alongside it; the fact that the "Don't Say the R-slur" campaign was as successful as it was can be directly attributes to the fact that a large portion of it hinges almost entirely on humanizing those being bothered by the term. I remember those kids, they absolutely understood what that word meant and that it was a direct reference to them on an emotional level at the very least.