forbidden word: disparity
disparity n. lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference: a disparity in age; disparity in rank.
from — Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words. (2025g). In Dictionary.com.
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sentence examples: disparity
Those disparities are suggestive of gaps seen in remote-work patterns: Wealthier, urban Californians are more likely to work from home than lower-income, rural residents.
From Los Angeles Times
“How do you account for this huge disparity between what happened in the February bar in terms of passage rate and what’s happened historically?” he asked.
From Los Angeles Times
How can there be such a huge disparity?
From BBC
Michael Breen believes the price of fuel “could be lower again” and has noticed a big disparity in prices at filling stations.
From BBC
“The Board recognizes the significant contributions that Leah Wilson made during her tenure, particularly in the concerted effort to recognize and address racial disparities in the discipline system,” Stallings said.
From Los Angeles Times
from — Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words. (2025g). In Dictionary.com.
May 10, 2025
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Americans are historically the worst when we are confronted with aspects of the world that are objectively true, but often emotionally unpleasant. It’s because of this there needed to be a new “collective discourse” on what words/phrases/etc, are deemed as acceptable as opposed to those that are not (the use of semantics in these cases is essential because we are selectively eliminating parts of what we know to be true and replacing these with parts that are more palatable and/or desirable, though not necessarilly true to nature/form/etc. – as is the American fashion – it doesn’t matter if the dirt is there as long as it’s invisible) –
There were a number of motivations behind my decision to resign from mental healthcare and utilization review – but one of the triggers came from my previous experience working as a teaching assistant and would occasionally be moved to determine something as plagiarism (i.e – the student didn’t actually fucking do the work, they copied it from someone else, but because the term plagiarism was too pointed or emotionally challenging, I would need to dedicate entire days to reframing these things into discourse that could essentially be spoon-fed to individuals that had a limited understanding or interest in the work, as a result I would inevitably waste more of my time/energy into trying to explain what was already known but was not necessarilly accepted, i.e – the student didn’t like the answer I gave them despite the fact it was true)
Fastforward 1-2 years, 1 pandemic, 1 Omicron, 2 & 1/2 shitty presidential administrations, and 1 Masters degree in Psychology: I’ve now advanced to apparently making people cry at work by calling them out for plagiarism that jeopardized the health of individuals. Although there were other ways to essentially communicate my concerns to administrative staff, the general response I received would be to apologize, and make it easier for them (but based on what? in these situations I was now the villain for essentially doing my job and using the vocabulary/information/etc that was most direct and honest in my education and experience.)
This is where terms like “political correctness” come in, despite the fact there is no basis in any system of politics, accuracy, or truth, it is one of the most efficient examples of “double-speak” in my personal opinion.
I find this interesting because I was recently watching a clip on Youtube about how children’s programming has changed and has in many ways become more cartoonish and nonsensical, but does little to reinforce and ethical and objective understanding of the natural world as some shows of the time did such as Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood (“Lady Elaine, what does assassination mean?” – this is something that will likely never be repeated on a kids show – why? you can’t spell assassination without ass maybe?)
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