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Toni Morrison Oppressive Language

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Oppressive language should be classified as a lethal weapon. The profound impact harsh language has on individuals, groups, and communities can easily be compared to the devastating effects of an atomic bomb. Oppressive language often is the cause of self-destructive behaviors in generations of people which in turn stops the economic progression of communities. Words are weapons that can murder the human spirit. Words can maliciously sting like an agitated honey bee. Words are like dumbbells that we regularly carry on our backs and in our minds. I believe Toni Morrison is trying to remind people that words are incredibly powerful and oppressive language is the epitome of violence and ignorance because people do not realize the impact of invisible

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