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Writing is one of the most important ways individuals use language to render

thoughts and ideas and express those thoughts and ideas to others, second only to
speaking. Whether it advances Race relations lives within the inherent biases of the reader.

Those whose life experiences are bound by the words, phrases, sentences and paragraphs I write are typically more interested in my lexical analysis of racialized terms than whether I am advancing race relations, since they understand my purpose is education, not "advancing Racial relations."

Furthermore, it is not the job of Black people to advance Racial relations simply because we educate.

Learning how important it is to understand how racialized language is most often hidden and used to intimidate, coerce and gaslight people every day advances the comprehension, context and connotation skills of people who are often confounded by the perspective of whiteness. This advances minds.

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Dr. Cynthia Alease Smith
Dr. Cynthia Alease Smith

Written by Dr. Cynthia Alease Smith

Anti-Racism Essayist & Educator offering discussions about Race, Racism, White Supremacy and the language used, from perspectives not ordinarily considered.

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