Subject: Language and Accessibility
Why Language Matters: Facing HIV Stigma in Our Own Words
The words people use to talk about HIV affect the way people living with HIV feel about themselves. These words also have an impact on how others view people living with HIV.
What Is Racism?
The definition of racism offered here by Dismantling Racism is grounded in Critical Race Theory, a movement started in the 1970s by activists and scholars committed to the study and transformation of traditional relationships of race to racism and power.
Beyond Terminology: Zooming Out to Focus on Bias
Remarks from “Is This Racist? How Editors Can Identify Hidden Bias” at the 2017 ACES: The Society for Editing conference.
Federal Plain Language Guidelines
This U.S. government site provides official guidelines for the Plain Writing Act of 2010.