• planish@sh.itjust.works
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      8 hours ago

      Yes?

      I suppose this doesn’t exactly suggest it’s deprecated in Twitter handles. But if the scientists have given up on it, why should normal people keep it?

      • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        No.

        A couple researchers suggesting a literary review of the specific usage of a word and how it is used in specific contexts within scientific literature is a far cry from the idea that scientists in general are claiming that the word caucasian is a generally racist word.