Olivia and Raven share their thoughts on the perspective that terms used to refer to marginalized communities dehumanize people, and identifies them with oppression, powerlessness, and victimhood.
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Discussion Summary:
01:11: Topic intro, definitions and usages of minoritize and marginalize.
09:33: Controversy using terms for referring to marginalized communities.
24:37: Attitudes toward changing the ways we talk about oppressed groups.
40:31: The belief that terms like marginalize and minoritize express powerlessness and victimhood.
44:53: Outro.
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https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-feminism-part-2-what-puts-the-black-in-black-feminism/
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https://isquared.podbean.com/e/person-first-or-identity-first-language-which-is-right/
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https://isquared.podbean.com/?s=Being+An+Afterthought
Insight On the Side: Learning To Have Pride In Being Disabled
https://isquared.podbean.com/?s=Pride+In+Being+Disabled
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A Call for a Language Shift: From Covert Oppression to Overt Empowerment
https://education.uconn.edu/2016/12/07/a-call-for-a-language-shift-from-covert-oppression-to-overt-empowerment/
What Is Minoritized
https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/grassroots-organization-and-justice-through-social-media/82051
marginalize
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/marginalize