Anti-Racist Description Guidelines
- Annabel Pinkney (Unlicensed)
- Sarah Newhouse
The Institute's resources on Anti-Racist Description and Reparative Description are located in
P:\Othmer Library\Tech Services\Rep Desc
Reparative description that is undergone should be reporting in the Reparative Description Tracking sheet, found in the above folder.
Resources for Language, Voice, and Tone:
https://archivesforblacklives.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/ardr_final.pdf
https://blogs.princeton.edu/techsvs/2020/02/28/inclusive-description-working-group/
http://www.getty.edu/research/institute/antiracist_statement.html
Reparative Description Controlled Vocabularies
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Indigenous/Native |
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Brian Deer Classification Scheme | 1977 |
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Mashantucket Pequot Thesaurus of American Indian Terminology |
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BC First Nations Subject Headings - Names |
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| http://branchxwi7xwa.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2011/09/bcfn.pdf |
Native American Educational Services system (NAES closed in 2007) |
| Native American Educaional Services College: https://sites.northwestern.edu/naes/contact/ | maybe Box 4, Folders 22-23 Book Lists at UChicago: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.NAESCC |
Ojibway-Cree Cultural Centre classification (mod of BDC) |
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National Indian Law Library Thesaurus |
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Indigenous Materials Classification System |
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UBCIC Classification | 2015 | Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Resource Centre: library@ubcic.bc.ca | |
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LGBTQIA+ |
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Homosaurus.org based on International Homo/Lesbian Informatiecentre & Archives and compiled by Jack van der Wel (with support of Ellen Greenblatt) in 2013 |
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International thesaurus of gay and lesbian index terms from the International Gay and Lesbian Information Center and Archive, or IHLIA; also called A Queer Thesaurus: An International Thesaurus of Gay and Lesbian Index Terms by Van Staalduinen | 1997 | IHLIA LGBT Heritage | Staalduinen, Ko van, and Henny Brandhorst. 1997. A queer thesaurus: an international thesaurus of gay and lesbian index terms. Amsterdam: Homodok. |
LC Queer Subject Headings | 2000 | Library of Congress | |
Gay Studies Thesaurus | 1990 |
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LGBT Life Thesaurus from EBSCO (maybe called GLBT Thesaurus?) | 2004 |
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Sexual nomenclature : a thesaurus | 1976 |
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LLACE Classification Scheme | 2001 | Lavender Library, Archives, and Cultural Exchange of Sacramento, Incorporated | hard copy from IU LGBTQ+ Library |
[guidelines and glossary for describing trans people and bodies] |
| TransHub | |
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Women |
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Nonsexist Thesaurus | 1977 |
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A Women's Thesaurus | 1987 |
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Atria: Women's Thesarus (Netherlands) |
| Institute on Gender Equality and Women's Equality - info@atria.nl | https://institute-genderequality.org/library-archive/collection/thesaurus/ |
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African American |
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Dorothy Porter classification system (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center - Archives at Howard University) | 1930s/1940s | Moorland-Spingam Research Center (Howard University) - http://library.howard.edu/msrc/library | high level genre/subject areas listed in article: https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/december-2018/cataloging-black-knowledge-how-dorothy-porter-assembled-and-organized-a-premier-africana-research-collection |
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Disability |
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North Carolina Vocabulary |
| North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities - https://nccdd.org/contact-us.html | https://nccdd.org/welcome/glossary-and-terms/category/glossary-of-disability-terms/3.html |
Disabled People's Association of Singapore Glossary of Disability Terms |
| DPA of Singapore - https://www.dpa.org.sg/ | https://www.dpa.org.sg/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/DPA-Disability-Glossary-FINAL.pdf |
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Overall/Broad Schemas (To be Investigated) |
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Library of Congress Subject Schemes |
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Open Metadata Registry |
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Basel Register of Thesauri, Ontologies & Classifications (need to be investigated) |
| BARTOC - https://bartoc.org/en/contact | |
European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) Vocabularies (Camps, Ghettos, Terms) | 2015? | ||
The International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology, UN High Commissioner on Refugees Library and Forced Migration Online |
| The UN Refugee Agency | https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20191210165612/http://www.refugeethesaurus.org/ |
Terminology Crosswalk
Term |
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African |
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| If ethnic/tribal identity can be determined, use it. If not, use "African." | If ethnic/tribal identity can be determined, use appropriate LCSH. If not, use "Africans." |
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Alaska man | and | An indigenous Alaskan man | use | Alaska Native man | Alaska Natives |
| LCSH scope note for "Alaska Natives": "Here are entered works on the indigenous peoples of Alaska treated collectively. Works about individual cultures and tribes in Alaska are entered under the name of the culture or tribe subdivided geographically." We use "Alaska Natives" when we do not know a more specific identity, but the person is an indigenous Alaskan. More specific Alaska Native terms include Inupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures. |
Alaska woman | and | An indigenous Alaskan woman | use | Alaska Native woman | Alaska Native women |
| LCSH scope note for "Alaska Natives": "Here are entered works on the indigenous peoples of Alaska treated collectively. Works about individual cultures and tribes in Alaska are entered under the name of the culture or tribe subdivided geographically." We use "Alaska Natives" when we do not know a more specific identity but the person is an indigenous Alaskan. More specific Alaska Native terms include: Inupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures. |
Aleut | and | Alaskan Aleutian Islands (which includes Unalaska) | use | Unangan | Aleuts--Alaska OR Aleut women-- Alaska | Unangan | Indigenous inhabitants of Aleutian Islands, which are split between Alaska and Russia. The Unangan speak an eastern dialect of Aleut; the Unangas a western dialect. Unalaska residents are Unangan. |
Aleut | and | Russian Aleutian Islands | use | Unangas | Aleuts--Russia OR Aleut women-- Russia | Unangas | Indigenous inhabitants of Aleutian Islands, which are split between Alaska and Russia. The Unangan speak an eastern dialect of Aleut; the Unangas a western dialect. Unalaska residents are Unangan. |
Anti- Christian |
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| Replace with the appropriate term for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity. If identity can't be determined, use "man/woman/child/etc." | Use appropriate heading for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity. |
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Bisexual |
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| use | Bisexual | Bisexuals, Bisexuals men, Bisexual women |
| See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community. https://libraries.indiana.edu/library- congress-subject-headings-lesbian-gay- bisexual-transgender-queer-and- |
Black |
| United States | use | African American | African Americans, African American women, African American children |
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Blind |
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| use | "Person who is blind. " If sentence doesn't permit, use "blind | Blind, Blind children, Blind women, Older blind people |
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Chilkat, Chillicat |
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Chinamen |
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Chuckche |
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Chuckchi |
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Chukchee |
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Colored |
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Committed suicide |
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| use | replace with “died by suicide” |
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| following 2023 guidelines from various mental health resources |
Costumes |
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| Replace with "clothing" | Clothing OR [X] clothing and dress" (e.g., "Islamic clothing and dress") |
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Curios |
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Deaf |
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| "Person who is unable to hear. " If | Deaf, Deaf men, Deaf women, Deaf children |
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Deaf-mute |
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| "Person who is unable to hear or speak" | Deaf, Deaf men, Deaf women, Deaf children |
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Eskimo, Esquimaux | and | Alaska, and no further info is available | use | Alaska Native | Alaska Natives, Alaska Native women, Alaska Native children |
| From Alaska Native Language Center website: "Most Alaskans continue to accept the name 'Eskimo,' particularly because 'Inuit' refers only to the Inupiat of northern Alaska, the Inuit of Canada, and the Kalaallit of Greenland, and it is not a word in the Yupik languages of Alaska and Siberia." Others say of usage of "Eskimo" in the Alaskan context, usage of "Eskimo" "in the media is usually accurate, as most northern indigenous peoples can safely be referred to as 'Eskimos,' but the term is a wide generalization, and most wide generalizations are offensive to those they encompass. If you find yourself about to use the term in conversation, try a more specific replacement. In Alaska, the most congenial would be 'Alaska Native.'" |
Eskimo, Esquimaux | and | Alaska and identified | use | Inuit | Inuit, Inuit women, Inuit children |
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Eskimo, Esquimaux | and | Alaska and identified | use | Yupik | Yupik Eskimos, Yupik children |
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Eskimo, Esquimaux | and | Greenland | use | Inuit | Inuit, Inuit women, Inuit children |
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Garb |
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| Replace with "clothing" | Clothing OR [X] clothing and dress" (e.g., "Islamic clothing and dress") |
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Gay |
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| See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community: https://: libraries.indiana.edu/library-congress- subject-headings-lesbian-gay-bisexual- transgender-queer-and-intersex-lgbtqi- |
Ghetto |
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| use | replacement term may vary depending on context. "city neighborhood" is one example. | varies. Do not use LCSH "Inner cities." |
| "Ghetto" in titles and descriptions should be changed to "city." |
Half-breed, creole, mixed breed | use | "of [XXXX] and [XXXX] descent.” |
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Handicapped | use | "Person with a physical disability." If sentence doesn’t permit, use "physically disabled person." Depending on context, this word in legacy language may also refer to people with mental disabilities. If so, | People with physical disabilities OR People with mental disabilities |
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Heathen |
| Replace with the appropriate term for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity. If identity can't be determined, | Use appropriate heading for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity. |
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Homosexual man | use | Gay | Gays |
| See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community: https://: libraries.indiana.edu/library-congress- subject-headings-lesbian-gay-bisexual- transgender-queer-and-intersex-lgbtqi- | ||
Homosexual woman | use | Lesbian | Lesbians (Note that "gay rights" is used by LCSH for gay and lesbian civil rights) |
| See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community: https://: libraries.indiana.edu/library-congress- subject-headings-lesbian-gay-bisexual- transgender-queer-and-intersex-lgbtqi- | ||
Homosexuals | use | Gays and lesbians | Gays; Lesbians |
| See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community: https://: libraries.indiana.edu/library-congress- subject-headings-lesbian-gay-bisexual- transgender-queer-and-intersex-lgbtqi- | ||
Hoonyah | use | Hoonah Indian | Alaska Natives | Hoonah Indians |
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Hydah | use | Haida Indian | Haida Indians, Haida women |
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Indian | and | from Alaska, more specific identity can't be | use | Alaska Native | Alaska Natives |
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Indian | and | North America except Alaska, more specific identity can't be | use | Native American | Indians of North America |
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| Pakistan and/or Indian |
| Pakistani, India, South Asian |
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| Thai, Myanmar, Vietnam |
| Thai, Burmese, Vietnamese, Southeast Asian |
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Indian | and | from place other than United States |
| Use appropriate term for indigenous group from that location. If a specific identity can't be determined, use "indigenous X," as in "indigenous | See appropriate term for indigenous group from that location. If a specific identity can't be ascertained, use "Indigenous peoples--[Place]" |
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Inner city |
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| "Inner city" in titles and descriptions should be changed to "city." |
Inuit | and | Alaskan Inuit | use | Inupiat | Inupiat |
| Subdivide "Inupiat" geographically ONLY there is a geograpic term below the state level. (I.e., Inupiat--Alaska--Wrangell but not Inupiat--Alaska) |
Inuit | and | Canadian Inuit | use | Inuit | Inuit, Inuit women, Inuit children |
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Inuit | and | Greenlandic Inuit | use | Inuit | Inuit--Greenland, Inuit women-- Greenland, Inuit children--Greenland | Kalaallit |
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Isleta |
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Kalaallit |
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| use | Kalaallit | Inuit--Greenland, Inuit women-- Greenland, Inuit children--Greenland | Kalaallit | Specific tribe of Greenlandic Inuit |
Kekchi |
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Laplander, Lapplander, Lapp |
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| use | Sami | Sami (European people), Sami, Women |
| Subject heading for the place is Sápmi. |
Lesbian |
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| use | Lesbian | Lesbians (Note that "gay rights" is used by LCSH for gay and lesbian civil rights) |
| See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community: https://: libraries.indiana.edu/library-congress- subject-headings-lesbian-gay-bisexual- transgender-queer-and-intersex-lgbtqi- |
Moslem |
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Mute |
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| use | "Person who does not speak." If sentence doesn't permit, use "mute | Mute persons |
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Native |
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| Replace with the appropriate term for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity. If identity can't be determined, | Use appropriate heading for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity. |
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Negro |
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Nez Perce |
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Pima |
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Pueblo |
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Shapra |
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Siberian | and | an indigenous Siberian with no further info | use | Siberian indigenous person | Indigenous peoples--Siberian |
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Slave |
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| Use "enslaved," "captive" or "forced laborer." If ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity can be determined, include it: | Slaves, Child slaves, Indian slaves, Women slaves, Freedmen, Older slaves |
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Squaw |
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| Replace with "woman" or "girl" | Use appropriate heading for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity. |
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Tchutchee |
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Teepees |
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| Replace with "tipis" | Tipis |
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Thlinget, Thlinket |
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| use | Tlingit Indian | Tlingit Indians, Tlingit children, Tlingit women |
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Transgender |
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| use | transgender | Transgender people AND POSSIBLY ALSO Gender non-conforming people |
| See the Indiana University Libraries' website for an excellent list of all the LCSH relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community: https://: libraries.indiana.edu/library-congress- subject-headings-lesbian-gay-bisexual- transgender-queer-and-intersex-lgbtqi- |
Tunguse, Tungusic |
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Tutchee |
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Uncivilised, uncivilized |
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| Replace with the appropriate term for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity. If identity can't be determined, | Use appropriate heading for the ethnic/racial/tribal/national identity. |
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Yakut |
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Yupik | and | Alaskan | use | Yup'ik | Yup'ik Eskimos, Older Yupik Eskimos, Yupik children | Yup'ik | Subdivide geographically only there is a geographic element below the state level (i.e., Yupik Eskimos--Alaska--Wrangell but not Yupik Eskimos--Alaska) |
Yupik | and | Siberian / | use | Yupighyt | Yuit Eskimos | Yupighyt |
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