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"And I don't say that in any demeaning sense because for white southerners, it's not easy to rid ourselves of all the prejudices that we have born over the centuries."

"Germany objects to use of terms and comparison related to Nazi Germany that are historically, politically and morally wrong because they demean the victims and raise false implications," he said in a recent X post.

The work of philanthropy, then, isn’t to command or correct—and it certainly isn’t to demean and disparage.

Bureaucrats have bristled at the term as misleading and demeaning.

Losing your job might be demeaning, but losing your integrity for the shot at a job is dehumanizing.