Racism in the English language

Author information

Resource primary author: 

Moore, Robert, B.

Source title: 

Race, Class and Gender: An integrated study. 4th Edition.

Source author/editor 1: 

Paula S. Rothenberg,

Source author/editor 2: 

none
Content information

Content Description: 

This essay discusses the many ways in which the English language reflects and promotes racism.

Table of Contents: 

Language and culture; A short play on "black" and "white" words; Obvious bigotry; Color symbolism; Ethnocentrism or from a white perspective; Passive tense; Politics and Terminology; "Loaded words" and Native Americans; "Loaded words and Africans"; Qualifying adjectives; Speaking English.

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Publication information

Catalogue Number: 

AMNC-5 Mitzi Nairn Collection - (Programme on Racism) and 305.8 MOR - Filing Cabinet and Education 2: Programme on Racism Box 4

Publisher: 

Saint Martin's Press

Place of publication: 

Nw York, New York

Date of Publication: 

1998

Physical description: 

6x A4 sheets, 11 pages from a book chapter

Publication Miscellaneous Notes: 

Originally published in 1976 and reproduced in many places on the web.
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