Discussion 4<\/p>\n
Kulah Love Massaquoi<\/p>\n
Reading the Identity Terms passage, I could not really relate or find myself nor the
\npeople around me in these terms except for maybe one. While others might identify me using
\none of these terms when it comes to my race and county of origin, I have never personally done
\nit. Although black people here in the United States are often referred to as Colored, People of
\ncolor or even African American, I do not refer to myself as such nor do any members of my
\ncommunity. I am originally from Liberia and take a lot of pride in my origins. I consider myself
\nAfrican, Liberian to be specific nothing less and nothing more. It has always struck me that there
\nis even this need to separate people here into so many groups, that often instead of uplifting,
\nbelittle them. Growing up in Liberia, I did not pay much attention to the color of my skin or what
\nit could mean somewhere else. I was just me but as soon as a person is here in the United, they
\nmust fit in a box. Not a box that brings people together but rather marginalizes them. When we
\ncategorize people back where I\u2019m from, let\u2019s say with tribes, it\u2019s to highlight and celebrate the
\ndifference in culture, never to bring one human lower than another. Before any separation, we
\nsee ourselves as equal humans and African.
\n2. One of the theories of the \u201cCritical work on language and the philosophy of language\u201d
\nin the reading about the \u201c Feminist phylosophy of language \u201c that caught my attention is the
\nMetaphor. It is an aspect of language often without foundation that is constantly used to belittle
\nwomen and justify sexist behaviors. I have for the longest seen a post on social media, translated
\nin many languages, rewritten as a meme or simply a status, that has been widely accepted for the sexuality of women compared to men.\u00a0 Although without any logical sense, this metaphor\u00a0encourages distorted views regarding women and the majority doesn\u2019t even question it\u00a0A lot of people find this as a justification for men to be promiscuous or it\u2019s used to shame
\nwomen sexuality. Human genitals have very little to do with a lock and a key, how can we base a
\nconclusion about us from two objects I asked myself. Gendered metaphors are used daily by men
\nand women alike from more sophisticated discussion to the most common ones; direct or
\nindirectly. The take away from them is that they hurt us. They encourage bigotry and sexism!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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