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Ella Fitzgerald, Jazz legend, arrested in Houston for singing in front of an integrated audience, 1955 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] livus@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

@AncientFutureNow

No, words have meaning derived from context. No one in their right mind thinks "integration" sounds benign as you suggest.

If you don't understand the historic connotations of any word you could make the same mistake you do above. For instance why pick on "integrated" when you have no qualms about "segregated"? Your logic could apply there too:

The term “segregated” implies that separate facilities for black and white people simply existed equally, without acknowledging the systemic racism, inequality, discrimination, and violence that this system was part of in the first place.