racist language

Plucky Mexico

Niall O'Donnell 4 Comments

More football. Don’t worry, I’m not going to write something about football every day for the next month. I’m really not that interested in it. But I was struck today by the use of an adjective that’s often used in sport: Continue reading →

Aboriginal

Niall O'Donnell 1 Comment

I thought about this word recently, when writing about the story often shared about the origins of the word kangaroo. Obviously the word is now most associated with the native people of Australia. This hasn’t always been the case though.

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