respectability politics
Attempts by marginalized groups to police their own members and show their social…Attempts by marginalized groups to police their own members and show their social values as being compatible with mainstream values, rather than challenging the mainstream for its failure to accept difference.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Attempts by marginalized groups to police their own members and show their social values as being compatible with mainstream values, rather than challenging the mainstream for its failure to accept difference.
Origin
Coined by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham in 1993 in reference to African-American women who moCoined by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham in 1993 in reference to African-American women who modified their behavior to appease whites.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable