As language impacts our views, behaviors, a nd interactions, it is crucial that we take a critical view on the words we use and the words we don't. Typically, language in this context is focused on the right words to use so as not to alienate the rest of the workforce.
For example, many a boardroom will have discussed what words they can use instead of "racism", "white supremacy" and even "Black people", because it causes others to feel nervous and others feel that to call racism what it is, is to stoke the fires of division. Power is wielded through the use of words to label people, to whitewash racism into phrases and sentences that are seen as more palatable, softer, more professional or objective. Therefore, the way we…
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