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With respect, can we stop using the word ch*nks in stuff like this? The same word is also used as a racial slur. Different context yes, but I wince everytime I hear/see this. https://twitter.com/Gay_Alcorn/status/1356050336771764224
a few alternatives: cracks, gaps, openings, fissures, vulnerabilities, flaws, fractures, breaches etc.
The English language is full of alternative words that aren't inadvertently racist and alienating toward East Asian readers of @theage
The English language is full of alternative words that aren't inadvertently racist and alienating toward East Asian readers of @theage
If you have ever been called a ch*nk in real life, and I have, let me tell you it's not a word you respond well to.
White people saying they've never thought of the word ch*nk in a racist context are you for real? YOU INVENTED IT. YOU USE IT AGAINST US. Do not be disingenuous now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chink
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chink
Thanks to @itchbay for sharing this article: from @Slate, written 9 years ago in 2012. It was probably well past time back then as well. https://slate.com/culture/2012/02/chink-in-the-armor-jeremy-lin-why-its-time-to-retire-the-phrase-for-good.html
Thinking about all the times I and other POC, First Nations people working in the media have to pick people and orgs up on details like this large and small. On top of our actual jobs. Our unpaid effort and labour because we just want things to be better.
