does this say something about education?

A fantastic post on the origin of the word miscegenation and the world that surrounded both its inception and the laws that used it.

What surprises me vaguely is I remember that being a vocabulary word in high school history class, specifically related to the proliferation of the law after the Civil War.

A link list of posts on the subject. For those who ignored their flist until, er, a few hours ago? witchqueen posts here about her email exchange with daily_deviant regarding the use of miscegenation for their prompt. It's interesting reading.

( below cut thing )

smart. very smart

Extremely good essay by poisontaster - And the fault is not in making the mistake and using the 'wrong' words. We all make mistakes. We all sometimes say less (or more) than we mean. No. The question—and any potential fault—is in what we do afterward.

To balance the fact I now have a tag for stupidity, I should create a tag for awesome. So it is done.

ETA:

An open letter to the mods of deviant_daily by oulangi - Look, I understand its horrible and hurtful to be accused of racism. But those first emails were NOT accusations. It was an objection to an offensive word Zvi thought you’d used accidentally. If her letter seemed angry and offensive to you, well – she was angry and offended. Rightfully so. Just because the offense was accidental does not mean people don’t have the right to be offended.


Winner of best title of a entry yet by coffeeandink - Harry Potter and the Racist Daily Deviant Moderators

(Yes, I know all of these will show up in metafandom, but they cheer me up immensely and control the urge to look for more award winning idiots.)

admin post from daily-deviant; interracial as a kink? really?

Admin Post from the mods of daily_deviant.

Short version: removal of term, reversal of earlier stance, etc.

ETA: the below cut was more than I thought it would be. So it's less mod-actions at this point and more the concept of kink defintion.

( hmm )