Young's 'Key Term Culture Of Silence'

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In the Young’s reading, what stand out the most for me is the key term “Culture of Silence”, because I thought of how people culture can also be oppressive. For example, in my culture it is things you cannot speak about. If a topic is taboo, it is not up for a discussion. In the Harro reading, I felt oppressive will always be a problem that society will continue to deal with. People cannot accept those who are different, I see it all the time in the news. For example, the media shows Muslims are terrorists who hate American. The Weber’s article he mentions that people allow themselves to be dominated, I have to disagree. We as people can always say something if we feel uncomfortable about a situation. For example, workers have the ability

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