Last week in my Theory of Rhetoric class, I left very upset over an argument that ensued over the use of the word “retarded.” It was brought up in one of my classmates’ responses inspired by Rahm Emanuel’s recent comments. One of my other classmates actually said, upon hearing all of this: “You know, I [...]
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Another Way Language Excludes People
It is no secret that language can be used to exclude people. We’ve been talking about exclusionary and ableist language for a while now. It is very easy to make an entire population feel completely othered just by using a word you may think is harmless. While we are fighting against ableist language within the [...]
