Respectability politics

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAttempts 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.

Synonyms

mainstreamism racial profiling normopathy political correction purity test postbehavioralism reputationism recuperation tone policing gatekeeping normalization virtue signaling

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