Barbie n.— «Now, the Linux community has long enjoyed the insights of technically minded geeks, many of whom count the command line among their best friends. We would be remiss not to alert our readers, however, to a small—but rapidly...
reverse redlining n.— «In a practice called “reverse redlining,” the lenders placed borrowers in targeted minority communities into loans they could not afford, later forcing them to go into foreclosure.» —“Memphis...
wealth-fare n.— «As Thomas reports, institutional bias in agencies such as the Veterans Administration has, in the more recent past, denied many black families the stability, the status and the tax advantages of home ownership. Those...
snowflake n.— «For the first time in my life, I was the minority. The neighbors noticed, too. As I walked down the street, I would hear comments like, “Hey there, pretty snowflake (a term used to describe Caucasian women)” on a daily...
errorism n.— «A group of eight Tamil men are taking their fight for social equality to the streets walking to Ottawa from Toronto to “stop errorism.” Errorism, as described by walk organizer Mayuran Rhaashivam, is when...
redshirting v.— «Under the guise of individual differences, meeting individual needs, continuous progress, humanistic education, and now kindergarten redshirting, we have sought to justify shortchanging the children of poor and minorities...