Racial, Religious, and Ethnic Slurs.
Words today mean so much in society that we seldom look back on the consequences they hold. These words can cause much pain, anguish, and conflict amongst people who don’t even know each other. People say slurs such as “jap,” “flip,” “chink,” and “jew” to others, but they don’t know who these other people are. These racial, religious, and ethnic remarks are made to demoralize others and to make others feel inferior. Sometimes these slurs are made in society where we have learned to live with them, by them, and from them. The terms of race, religion and ethnicity have evolved in our society as time continued. “The negative connotations of words sometimes change because of deliberate changes in the way they are used.” (Hayakawa 232.) When slurs are made towards us about our race, religion, or ethnicity, it plays a large role in we perceive ourselves. When we hear a slur made upon us, we feel as if we are less of a person. This is because there is a weakness in all of us. This weakness is the vulnerability that others can create by making a remark about us. By doing so, these people look down upon us, and more importantly, they degrade us to something less that what we are. It is dehumanizing to be labeled as a “fob,” “w
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Hip Hop, World War, , Jewish American, African Americans, Black Americans, Jap Whenever, Negro Hayakawa, Doggy-Dogg People, race religion ethnicity, racial religious, racial religious ethnic, religious ethnic, race religion, religion ethnicity, negative connotations, hayakawa 232, dehumanizing effects, negative connotation, white couple, term nigger, religious ethnic slurs,
Approximate Word count = 1648
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
 |
