“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
“Bigotry doesn't care about state or regional lines. It's all over the place. But fortunately there are also really excellent human beings all over the place, too. So it's about perception and balance sometimes I think.” ThinkingSometimesCareBalancePerceptionExcellentBigotry Author:Adrian Matejka
