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Reclamation: Redefining Slurs to Reclaim Power
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Olivia and Raven discuss the controversial practice of reclaiming slurs, or marginalized communities giving certain slurs positive meanings. They get into why the “n-word” can be used in a positive way by Black people, why reclamation of “queer” wasn’t limited to the LGBTQ+ community, and what is gained by redefining and reclaiming slurs.
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Discussion Summary:
01:10: Topic intro, and what does it mean to reclaim slurs?
02:25: Discussing excerpts from the paper “Reclamation: Taking Back Control of Words”, detailing how slurs are weaponized and reclaimed, and how specific slurs have been reclaimed in different ways.
11:53: Discussing the article “Reclaiming Words Is Pointless If It Is Exclusive”, and why different slurs are redefined and reclaimed.
15:30: Objections to changing a slur’s definition according to which group uses it, the importance of context in understanding a word’s meaning, and determining who can use repurposed slurs without consequence.
35:16: Outro.
Learn More!
Reclamation: Taking Back Control of Words
https://philarchive.org/archive/POPRTB
Reclaiming words is pointless if it is exclusive
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Manage episode 337774276 series 3383454
Olivia and Raven discuss the controversial practice of reclaiming slurs, or marginalized communities giving certain slurs positive meanings. They get into why the “n-word” can be used in a positive way by Black people, why reclamation of “queer” wasn’t limited to the LGBTQ+ community, and what is gained by redefining and reclaiming slurs.
Email us! intersectionalinsights@gmail.com.
Follow us!
https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/
Twitter @I_squaredpod
https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod
http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod
Discussion Summary:
01:10: Topic intro, and what does it mean to reclaim slurs?
02:25: Discussing excerpts from the paper “Reclamation: Taking Back Control of Words”, detailing how slurs are weaponized and reclaimed, and how specific slurs have been reclaimed in different ways.
11:53: Discussing the article “Reclaiming Words Is Pointless If It Is Exclusive”, and why different slurs are redefined and reclaimed.
15:30: Objections to changing a slur’s definition according to which group uses it, the importance of context in understanding a word’s meaning, and determining who can use repurposed slurs without consequence.
35:16: Outro.
Learn More!
Reclamation: Taking Back Control of Words
https://philarchive.org/archive/POPRTB
Reclaiming words is pointless if it is exclusive
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