Revisting The Words We Use: The Rhetoric of Race

Put forth by XicanoPwr

Mar 14

One year ago, I wrote this post entitled The Words We Use: The Rhetoric of Race. The post had to do with articulation and race. In light of the recent fire storm over former New York Rep. Geraldine Ferraro’s, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1984, statement about Barack Obama. It really isn’t surprising to [...]

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Justicia ⇒ “Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything - even our lives - in our struggle for justice.” — César Chávez

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