I completely agree. I don't have autism, it's not a disease, it's part of who I am like my ethnicity. I am so fucking tired of having to conform to what neurotypicals think I should be.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Mrs Jones, I'm afraid your son has Black. Luckily, we caught it early, so with speech therapy, skin-bleaching treatments, and facial reconstruction surgery, he can lead a normal life."

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is it contagious?

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"Yes. If any of your son's friends are using slang words or phrases like Rizz, No Cap, Slay, Woke, Hip, Hipster, Ate, Based, Basic, Bet, Extra, Gyatt, or Tea, they could have caught Black."

/uj American culture is literally 80% stolen from black people. If white supremacists want to talk "replacement theory", culturally it already happened. And that's a good thing, because the manufactured "white" racial identity that came out of pretending all Europeans were the same ethnicity sucked. European Americans forgot who they were, deliberately replacing it with bland oppression. And bland oppression could not stick around in the face of black innovations like jazz, hip-hop, and rock. It had no substance. White Americans need to stop suppressing black artists and stop taking credit for their inventions. The future is diverse and it cannot be stopped. The only thing white supremacists can do is hurt people in the here and now.

[–] Vendemus@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Thank you! I've always struggled with when to use person first language and when not to. This is the first time I've seen it explained in a way that makes sense to me.