AO 40...The Use of Coded Words

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Are ‘fairness,’ ‘data’ code words for White supremacy? Yes, according to one professor and her Twitter followers.​

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor Helen Neville posted a tweet asking ‘racism scholars’ to list ‘euphemisms for racism’ used in academic literature.​

Replies included terms such as ‘intellectual freedom,’ ‘diversity of thought,’ and ‘fair process.’​

Replying to one professor’s response, Neville affirmed that “fairness” and “data” are used to “operate in the service of white supremacy.”

Are ‘fairness,’ ‘data’ code words for White supremacy? Yes, according to one professor and her Twitter followers.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor Helen Neville posted a tweet asking ‘racism scholars’ to list ‘euphemisms for racism’ used in academic literature.

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