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‘One can say cracker, or any racial slur, with impunity. Here’s why…’

July 10, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Mark Derian:

In contrast to the concrete roots of language, which kept early man communicating like a gorilla with a kitten, modern language is conceptual and contextual.

Therefore, a racial slur by itself means nothing more than what we assume it means. We care much more about how words are used in a sentence, because only that gives ideas meaning.

Only a robot would think the phrase “that guy is a Chink” and the phrase “I hate Chinks” were equally offensive.

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