etiquette

Etiquette and presentability are a performance for anyone, but they are concepts created and defined by white people in this country.

Peralta, who teaches drama to students in kindergarten through sixth grade, said that it’s not uncommon nowadays to see the structures of social media–comment etiquette bleed into interpersonal interactions among his students.

Others seek help with navigating social etiquette, such as how to interpret dress codes or respond to a difficult colleague.

In a 2018 race infamous for its atrocious weather, Stocks remembers shunning social etiquette.

“Etiquette is kind of beside the point. It’s like reading a ransom note and going, ‘This cursive is just so lovely.