"are we there yet" ... "are we there yet"...
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It's like the best way to prevent police brutality and murder: simply make them individually liable for damages and require them to carry insurance for it. Bad actions make you uninsurable, and the rest of your department more risky (expensive).
Starts with a "oh shit these old people have expensive healthcare needs!", proceeds to "how the hell are we going to pay for their elder benefits?" (Social Security in the US), and eventually to "even their houses got gobbled up by the banks and private capital when they had to reverse mortgage their homes to pay off their medical bills and live out their final days...."
Back from this rabbit hole and brought gifts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*removed*
It's been in use since the 16th century by English speakers. Basically it was just an anglicization of the Spanish or Portuguese negro. At the time it was seen as neutral by white folk, but it's also always been tied to slavery, so definitely not neutral from the pov of the slaves.
So did its use imply a power imbalance? Yes. Did the white folk who used it early on know? Maybe..?
I guess it's similar to using "Indian" to describe New World Native peoples. It's always been tied to expansionism and genocide, but from the pov of the oppressor that connotation isn't readily recognized.
thanks for using Leebra!
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