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		dragonwriter on March 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Banning words won’t make the world more just > Does it really matter? Insofar as people are repeating the false origin as if it matters, apparently.

wonderwonder on March 2, 2023 [–]

There is no proof to the origin of the term. Your claim that it was invented by Latin Americans is as solid as mine that it was a white construct.

Either way I have never seen it used by anyone besides DEI types and academic white people

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