Easier Said Than Done: When PC Equals BS
If your organization is fighting an ugly enemy, don’t make it harder to fight by being too squeamish to talk about it.
As you can probably imagine, getting people to rally around the cause of saving people from Hansen’s disease was a bit rough.
Leprosy is an ugly word, with an ancient and ugly history. “Leper” is even worse. It hardly even means someone who has contracted leprosy anymore; the secondary meaning of a detestable person who should be avoided has pretty much taken over.
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