Why language about race changes over time

An NPR piece on changing terms for racial and ethnic categories, but really is about how terms change over time through process of pejoration, or what Pinker calls the "euphemism treadmill." [Published on 11-10-2014]

Posted by Kara Becker on November 11, 2014

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Race,Ethnicity;
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