THE MISADVENTURES OF AN ESOTERIC INVESTIGATOR

The problem is that we think of racism, ableism, sexism, in terms of the big violations - the KKK, women not having the right to vote, wheelchair-bound people not having ramps. What remains is much more insidious; institutionalized forms of any "ism" are much harder to fight, in part because they need to be recognized and acknowledged first. Language DOES matter, and context is no justification for ignorance or bigotry. If all people were treated equally, we wouldn't even be discussing it.