The Definition of Fair

Language is very similar to "land-gauge"-being a way we gauge the land with our communication, which affects the balancing of resources within supply and demand, and perceptions of common unification.

The word "fair" is most widely used in the context of being "equitable;" such in the case of the infamous GA House Representative John Lewis, for example: 

"When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something."

Sometimes "fair" is used in the sense of a gathering space, such as the "county fair" or the  "fairgrounds"...

However, the word "fair" also has a lesser known definiton: "light complexion, of the skin, hair or eyes" -this is language design bias, of which subconsciously inspires white supremacy, a social-mental illness threatening world wide peace and justice. 

For example, see Merriam Webster's 4th definition of "fair." 

The English Oxford Dictionary definition is designed differently, having changed the presentation of words, indicating the era that that certain definitions were used, such as when the racial definition was used, stating its no longer frequent in a popular communication context.

Not all dictionaries do that, and some older books containing the word "fair" to describe skin tones are still taught in schools today, due to their "classic" social reference (note that class-status is influenced by "classic" literature). Instead of studying how language has changed over time, the same books are being taught without explaining their historical context of bias.

Dictionaries and curriculums should follow the Oxford Dictionary's lead, but they could also add an indication to why the racial context is out of use as well, such as to not be hypocritical in deifnition- since nowadays it is to define as an "equal action of law."

"Fairness" in justice, should not be defined to only one skin tone, but to all. Logically, in order to be legitimate to this word's most widely used context of understanding, the light skin tone shall not be the only type of complexion valued to truly experience "fairness" 

"...I won't sign because it just depends on the context in which you use the word, so it doesn't matter..."

Despite the context in which "fair" is being used, its homonym status poses a threat to diversity; the phonetic; physical sound vibration and spell-ing(ENG) for equality and gathering space, has historically been used to explain light-skin complexion -showing us that these are historically-inherently tied together, when they shouldn't be.

This issue gives a sub-unconscious tone of racism to the land-gauge, because it hypocritically defies the equality for which it supposedly stands.

"...I think abridged dictionaries should only remove words that have completely fallen out of use for a long time. We shouldn't erase history; that makes it even harder to learn from it..."

We are asking to remove or change the dates of use for the definition, not to up and delete the entire word unless that's the future volition... We are changing language to define a bygone era and enact a stronger unity for the human "race."

In 2019, Maria Beatrice Giovanardi, a London-based Communications Strategist, started a petition to remove the sexist definitions of "Woman" from the Oxford English Dictionary. Even though sexism is still an issue, Maria successfully petitioned the dictionary to change because of the discrimination- her move was even featured on CNN and USA Today.

In 1994, Roy Miller, a Georgia-based, R&B musician and attorney of the law, successfully got the "n" word removed from the Funk & Wagnalls dictionary. Even though the "n" word is still being used by racists or by people of color in a kinda jive, this move made it more systemically clear that the racial discrimination shall not be tolerated, literally!

Indigenous people were forced to learn English and had their languages almost totally removed from society's land-gauge.

Yet some have the audacity to complain about changing some of the English design, despite being the most dominate world language next to Mandarin Chinese. We should learn from history, and that includes recognizing that changing this word and other forms, is nothing compared to the genocide that indigenous people have endured.

If we really wanted to support history, we would be funding Indigenous Language Programs, changing place names (of which has been happening), as well as acknowledging the fact that their tribes were here first, and that the genocide and slavery that toxic colonialism enacted was unnecessarily traumatizing.

Another reason to change this word is that it presents a major safety issue, if A.I. cannot neccesarily differentiate between definitions (unless we program it do so). Leaving out the skin-complexion definition of this word will help humanity avoid a white supremacist robot crisis from happening.

Edifying English is not cultural genocide, it's shifting a culture into a more ethical format; prompting one of the world's most popular languages to act-u-ally support the global idea of communication; in common-unification.

In a world suffering from climate change, species loss, world war and poverty, the land-gauges we are using are reflecting this mentality. We must get to the root-cause of hurtful inequalities if we want to eradicate hatefullness. 

Erasing the definition of fair as a white-complex is miniscule to the erasure of whole Indigenous languages and history. Parts of the English language have been used as a tactic of both racial and gender oppression, as "fair" is not the only concept en-glitch has used to portray the systemic hack of white & male supremacy- this change at least lingui-systemically updates and fixes the "fair" error in the code.

Words change over time, some become slanged or outdated, and it's time to out-date this subconscious inequality. Outdating the racial connotation to the word "fair" aims to prevent the word from continuing subconscious systemic racism, so future generations change the narrative into truer equity...

Sign this petition to various English dictionaries, to outdate the definition(s) of "light complexion in skin/hair/eyes" in relation to the word "fair" -so fairness of the land only defines to gauge the equitable gathering grounds in time and space.