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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It's not because just over half of US adults read at below a sixth grade reading level. A word like "apartheid" is too complicated for them. Even "food desert" is probably a difficult concept for them because they probably read it as "dessert." Even if its technically more fitting, if the majority of people still don't understand it, it's a losing concept on getting others to take it more seriously.

Unfortunately you have to speak to people in words they understand, and a massive amount of people in the US hardly understand anything. I think the last election proved that without a shadow of the doubt, if COVID hadn't already.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I'm irrationally angry at how accurate this is.

[–] just_another_person 7 points 5 days ago

It's, not. And this is a stupid take.

Get pissed at the people gatekeeping the resources instead of complaining about terminology.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Why ‘Food Apartheid’ Is a Better Term Than ‘Food Desert’

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Why ‘Food Apartheid’ Is a Better Term Than ‘Food Desert’

Why ‘Food Apartheid’ Is a Better Term Than ‘Food Desert’

[–] JeeBaiChow 6 points 5 days ago

What a strange take. What a strange take.