Frankly I don’t get why there’s so much focus on words rather than intent. Mfm mentioned “oriental”, which seems to be in a transition to this “unspeakable words” phase, when I could watch any late night show from the late 80s and Asians would refer to themselves as Oriental. It’s a rapid change, and the offending words are always changing that it’s really confusing to keep up with. For another example, about 10-15 years ago I was consistently told referring to black people as black was offensive, which doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.

So I guess here I’m just confused, don’t crucify me.