The Language of Oppression, Volume 10Examines decadence in our language, especially that language which leads to dehumanization and degradation of human beings. Powerful illustrations may be found in the fact that, for instance, Hitler's "Final Solution" appeared "reasonable" once the Jews were successfully labelled by the Nazis as sub-humans, "parasites," "vermin," or "bacilli." So, too, the subjugation of the American Indian was "defensible" since they were defined as "barbarians" and "savages." The author of this engrossing text that was originally published in 1974 by Public Affairs Press successfully identifies and critically comments on the racist, sexist, and ethnic slurs still predominant in society today, with the hope that this decadence will be cured. Winner of the 1983 George Orwell Award from the Committee on Doublespeak of the NCTE. |
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... father has absolute authority in his household and that " children are forbidden to mention the name of their father . They must call him father , daddy .... The children may not mention his house or the parts of his body by their ...
... father has absolute authority in his household and that " children are forbidden to mention the name of their father . They must call him father , daddy .... The children may not mention his house or the parts of his body by their ...
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... father was .... And no doubt more mixed bloods spring from a white father and an Indian or mixed- blood mother than from a white mother and an Indian or mixed - blood father . But it is also probably true that very many of the mixed ...
... father was .... And no doubt more mixed bloods spring from a white father and an Indian or mixed- blood mother than from a white mother and an Indian or mixed - blood father . But it is also probably true that very many of the mixed ...
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... father and Piute Indian woman and that his father was a Mexican , so he was a descendant of three races , to wit , Caucasian , Indian and Mexican . " Ruby Contreras Pass testified that her father was a Spaniard and her mother half ...
... father and Piute Indian woman and that his father was a Mexican , so he was a descendant of three races , to wit , Caucasian , Indian and Mexican . " Ruby Contreras Pass testified that her father was a Spaniard and her mother half ...
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The Language of AntiSemitism | 11 |
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The Language of White Racism | 33 |
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