The problematic etymology of “Plagiarism”: Why inclusion requires this term’s replacement
James Stacey Taylor
Abstract:As part of the racial reckoning precipitated in the United States by the murder of George Floyd, there has been a widespread movement to eliminate symbols that celebrate and memorialize events, persons, and positions from the past that are associated with racism and/or colonialism. These calls have focused on terminology that could offend owing to its phonetic association with offensive terms (e.g., “niggardly”), or to a folk etymology that identifies it as having racist or colonialist origins (e.g., “picnic”)… Show more
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