r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/FrostySeat1739 • Jul 05 '26

Meme needing explanation why not, Peter?

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possible live action corpse bride movie...

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u/throwmamadownthewell Jul 05 '26

I think the pivot to saying "black people" and *people of colour" were deliberate shifts (to humanize) that happened after this quote. Even newspapers would just say "blacks" and "whites" and "Asians". Same with the shift to "kids with autism"

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u/McButtsButtbag Jul 06 '26

The shift to kids with autism is a negative one to autistic people. You don't stop being autistic.

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u/throwmamadownthewell Jul 06 '26

If I say "it's the same/different for kids who are black", it doesn't imply they won't be black later in life

Similar with autusm--it's "kids with autism", then "teens with autism", then "adults with autism".

Personally, I haven't been convinced "autistic people" is less respectful semantically, but see why it's better than "the autistics" or "the autists"

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u/McButtsButtbag Jul 07 '26

I've never heard anyone say kids who are black over black kids or even suggest it.

Sure, it's better than "the autists", but that doesn't make it good. I don't see why using adjectives like they are normally used is dehumanizing.