A common thought among the social justices bloggers today is that they can change the definition of words to benefit their own argument. This is not how that works. The dictionary definition of words are definitions that the english language has wholly agreed upon to represent an...
Why do people believe the dictionary is the end-all, and most accurate thing there is? The post above claims that the definitions in the dictionary are “wholly agreed upon” but that is not the case. The dictionary was written and has been maintained by white men. This small group does not speak for everyone nor did they get everyone’s approval on anything. It is ethnocentric to think that one culture’s dictionary speaks for the entire world.
The post above says that words can change, adapt, and take on new meanings, yet wants to down play that racism has been defined by social scientists. I for one, would not hold much value the opinion of someone who has never experienced what he or she is talking about.