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You know, we have a lot of conversations and necessary conversations about language

and how we talk about people of all kinds of identities.

And I think when we're looking at history

and we're looking at movements

and we're looking at the ways that communities

have existed throughout time

and in different contexts,

it's so important to understand the thinking

and the practices around the language

that was used at the time,

in part because it is important that those of us

who are alive right now, which is currently the farthest,

you know, the most advanced the world has ever been,

we have to have enough humility to understand

that our language will also continue to change and evolve.

And the things that we consider acceptable may not be considered acceptable in five or ten years.

Welcome to the Stats, a podcast about books and the people who read them.

I'm your host, Tracy Thomas, and today is the Stacks Book Club Day.

I am joined by Den Michelle Norris, who has come back to the podcast to discuss our pick for

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