Isar Nejadgholi

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Aporophobia: An Overlooked Type of Toxic Language Targeting the Poor

By: Georgina Curto Rex, Kathleen C. Fraser, Svetlana Kiritchenko, Isar Nejadgholi

Appeared In: ACL Anthology

While many types of hate speech and online toxicity have been the focus of extensive research in NLP, toxic language stigmatizing poor people has been mostly disregarded. This paper shines light on the issue, starting with an examination of Twitter posts.