[ragall]

> I'm saying that language evolves.

That means I won't bother fighting changes that became established before I was born. I most definitely doesn't mean I have to go along with every change I see proposed now.

> If there are equivalent technical alternatives that don't carry a history of oppression

Words are not oppression.

[filldorns]

No one chose to be born in a certain context. But everyone participates in the context that they continue to feed or transform.

Do you recognize that you live in a system that produces racial inequality today?

If the answer is yes, then there is some level of participation, albeit minimal. Because living in a structure is already being inside it.

If you are white, your ancestors did this. They created separation and made simple words dehumanize people. So yes, you and everyone else has a chance to make amends. The choice is yours.