Word Games for Bigots: On Semantic Racism (Storify Link)

I had the displeasure of seeing someone use a play on words to express a racist sentiment.

I tweeted about and Storifyed about the practice of what I dub ‘Semantic Racism.’

https://storify.com/ethereallad/semantic-racism

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Word Games for Bigots: On Semantic Racism (Storify Link)

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