Moore On Language Analysis

The arguments that Moore presented showed us a lot of truth to our society’s language. He argues that we have blindly not let go of the racism embedded in our society for centuries due to the way we talk, creating these incorrect stereotypes. To began with the fact that for things that we describe as bad can also be called black. For example the phrase “blackening your reputation’ or “writing black words”, both of those have negative connotations. It is also noted that even in shows for children you can see that the good guy will wear white and the bad guy will wear black. One of the shows this occurred in was a show called “The Spectrum” and can cause these ideas in the minds of children that black is bad. As Moore said there are even instances where a person is “culturally disposed” due to their all monoculture surroundings. Africans and Native Americans are spoke to in way where we belittle their abilities. Moore stated that white has become a “norm” as in that it is more normal to be white. Racism had been …show more content…
Moore gave us an example of loaded language towards a man from Namibia that was being addressed publicly and with white man. When he was introduced they added that he was intelligent into the introduction. This implying that not all black men are smart but this black man is. It adds the minute connotation of racism. No matter what, there will always someone who disagrees with what someone else says. It is overly analytical when we claim that the racism is at the fault of our speech. Yes, racism exists, but not just because of the way we talk. Not only are we all walking on glass because of what we say, but also many of the sources Moore used were out dated and can no longer be completely true. If any change is going to happen we must change the way we think instead of how we talk. Changing what people can say isn’t going to change what they