Yeah, but language is not neutral, far from that it holds values and representation of the world. English people are masters into working and turning words into politically correcteness falling even in idocy sometimes. A Latin author couldn't publish a book because it was called "Dark Skin", first wordler decided it was aoffensive. To whom? We have a dark skin after all. I would like they have the same finesse of returning us a name that, here in Latina America is felt as stolen. A little flip through most of our literature will give you the idea, we felt as one continent, and we call our self America. We have been robed in many ways, the fact that our name is deny to us, is just one more expression of opressive structures aginst us.
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Date: 2005-05-05 10:46 pm (UTC)Yeah, but language is not neutral, far from that it holds values and representation of the world. English people are masters into working and turning words into politically correcteness falling even in idocy sometimes. A Latin author couldn't publish a book because it was called "Dark Skin", first wordler decided it was aoffensive. To whom? We have a dark skin after all. I would like they have the same finesse of returning us a name that, here in Latina America is felt as stolen. A little flip through most of our literature will give you the idea, we felt as one continent, and we call our self America. We have been robed in many ways, the fact that our name is deny to us, is just one more expression of opressive structures aginst us.