How to Describe People's Race, Gender, Disabilities and More in English

How to Describe People's Race, Gender, Disabilities and More in English
We made this video because language evolves and because language has the power to include or exclude people. This is a language channel, and we teach language. Many non native speakers of English want to learn the correct grammatical forms for describing people, but this one isn't just about grammar. This one is about word choice. Many students who are learning English may mistakenly use a grammatically correct word to describe someone, but because words evolve, the word is outdated or can even be insulting. This video is about keeping up with the evolution of language, so a few decades, even this video will be outdated!
In this video:
0:00 Start
3:41 Grammar (nouns and adjectives)
6:18 An Easy Fix for being more sensitive in your speech and writing
8:50 Describing more groups of people
10:45 BIPOC and AAPI
11:20 Don't mix up language with a person's identity
12:50 Multi-Racial
13:35 People with Disabilities
14:35 Homelessness
15:45 Gender, Sex and LGBTQ people
19:01 Some words to avoid
19:57 Outro
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Welcome!

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[@4u25out]

When do I use whites and white people, Asian and Asian people, black and black people.etc.

[@BreakingEnglish]

I advise against the use of "whites" "Asians" "Blacks" in order to describe a person's race or ethnicity because it turns a description of someone into a noun, which identifies them rather than describes them. Instead, to humanize them, you can use "white people" "black people" etc. When you know more specifics about a person's background, you can be even more specific, so instead of saying "Asian person," for someone who you know is Vietnamese, you could say a "Vietnamese person." I hope that helps