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- Dictionaryrespectability/rɪˌspɛktəˈbɪlɪti/
noun
- 1. the quality of being socially acceptable: "provincial notions of respectability"
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Respectability politics, or the politics of respectability, is a political strategy wherein members of a marginalized community will consciously abandon or punish controversial aspects of their cultural-political identity as a method of assimilating, achieving social mobility, and gaining the respect of the majority culture. As a sociological term, it is often pejorative, typically used in a manne... Wikipedia