“The 1990s were also when a bunch of the soft-shoe language for race, gender, and class became paramount. Because before that I wasn't thinking about systems or food insecurity or whatever. I was just thinking about not getting picked on for being black and not being hungry.” ThinkingLanguageBlackGenderHungryInsecurity Author:Adrian Matejka
“I learned a new language for it all in the 90s. Which in some ways isn't bad... I mean getting people to think about what language actually means before they use it is a good thing. But it's become very clear the past nine years that some Americans truly resent thinking before they speak.” PeopleThinkingMeanPastSpeakLanguageGood ThingsResent Author:Adrian Matejka