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On the lists. The terms mean that black is bad and white is good. If you have a chat with a racist they'll also tell you that black people are bad and white p
by Jonnax 8y ago
On the lists.
The terms mean that black is bad and white is good.
If you have a chat with a racist they'll also tell you that black people are bad and white people are good.
I'm no expert but language shapes how we interact and perceive the world.
It's like cultures that have different sets of words to describe different shades of colours. I remember reading how this gives people in general more or less of an ability to differenciate shades.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb05/hues.aspx http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb05/hues.aspx
- Tade0 8y agoI'm no expert but language shapes how we interact and perceive the world. The jury is still out on that one, because language relativity is still a hypothesis, not a theory. I personally don't believe it.
- smsm42 8y agoOh yes, the so called Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, the beloved myth of the speech police. It makes great science fiction (read Babel-17 by Delany, it's a classic) but unfortunately as a practical idea that states there's scientific proof that if we use words like "blacklist" it makes us prejudiced against dark-skinned people (but banning this word makes it go away) is total bunk. There are some cultural differences in how people prefer to express themselves but this is lightyears away from "language defines thought" that some people seem to believe.