respectability politics
The English word “respectability politics” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- Attempts by marginalized groups to police their own members and show their social values as being compatible with mainstream values, rather than challenging the mainstream for its failure to accept difference.
Etymology
Coined by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham in 1993 in reference to African-American women who modified their behavior to appease whites.
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