I really hate how language/verbiage can really become common and catchy for the sole purpose of making someone seem informed.
It's really starting to bother me how folks who have a platform or a certain level of privilege get to create these sort of catch phrases or terms and anyone who doesn't use these terms are seen as less informed or behind. Doesn't help that most of these ppl coining these terms that everyone HAVE to use aren't even connected to the communities or descriptors these terms are highlighting.
In short: I hate how all these muthafuckas are going around talking about "LATINX" this, "I am a CURATOR of that", "Lets UNPACK this" .
A professor tried to tell me the other day that it's frowned upon to use the term homosexual now and that they are deciding to use gay instead. Muthafucka who is deciding this and why didn't us folks get the fuckin memo?!
Why can't we speak however the fuck we want to speak and not have that be seen as indicator of our intelligence or ability?!
kbye.