Comparison In Thomas Jefferson's Use Of Insultinging Language Offenses

Register to read the introduction… For example, when Jefferson compares the blacks’ imagination to that of the whites, he asserts that blacks are “dull, tasteless, and anomalous” in imagination (381). His words may diminish readers’ intentions to read as some readers may find his words insulting and offensive. Another example in which Jefferson uses insulting language is when he talks about flowing hair. “Add to these, flowing hair, a more elegant symmetry of form, their own judgement in favor of the whites, declared by their preference of them, as uniformly as is the preference of the Oranootan for the black women over those of his own species” (380). By stating that Oranootan are attracted to black women, Jefferson may offense some readers. As a result, using insulting language can anger and offense readers that they may stop reading Jefferson’s