> On May 24, 2015, at 10:20 PM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And I mean the common leftist euphemism for black people, not the
> theoretical electromagnetic devices.
>
> Does anyone know the backstory of this odd wording: when and where it
> started, what the point was supposed to be, etc.?
I don't know where and when it started but it seems to be an attempt at (a Foucault-inspired?) pseudo-materialism that strikes me as quite dehumanizing, though of course habitual users intend otherwise.