Wednesday's Word

[wordsrmylife]

Comments

[wordsrmylife]

I agree with your hesitation to use the word. I far prefer to use whatever term people prefer, out of respect for their preference. That's why, when I talk about bias in language during my copyediting class, I don't use the "n-word." Even though it's an academic setting, I'm not necessarily sure that all my students are at the place where they can have an academic discussion on the subject. All the same, I'm not about to give it He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named power.

[annan_dum]

For me, the matter is actually a fairly straight-forward one: when we censor our past we lose our ability to learn from it.
The flip side of course is that if we don't discuss it, then we have also lost the ability to learn from it.

[wordsrmylife]

You've summed it up precisely. Thanks!