Something’s been nagging at me for a few days now, and it just keeps resurfacing. In the news, on the blogs, and even in my own personal life. It has to do with words. In my own life, I don’t use words that implicitly refer to an underrepresented and/or minority group of people – even if these words have been adopted by mainstream culture. I don’t use words that backhandedly belittle and degrade the lifestyle and mannerisms of a cultural group and its members, particularly when this gr...