In the essay, “Racism in the English Language” is defined by Robert Moore in the course book. Robert Moore outlines the way some English words are used to show racism in American culture. Robert Moore outlines the way some English words are used to show racism in America. The first section is about language and culture. Language includes history of economics and politics. “A Short Play on ‘Black’ and ‘White’ Words” is the second essay as an example of how to use black and white words such as “White lie.” It is titled “Obvious Bigotry” which shows most white people may still be unaware of African American determining term by using “colored” and “black” word in common. The color symbolism is a prevailed concept of black as negative and white as positive in our culture as well. The “Ethnocentrism or from a White Perspective” describes the usage of the “master-slave” in English concept is ownership of the “slave” by the “master” like a possessing property.
Moore describes “Passive” that is European came to the U.S looking for a better life but they omitted the fact that they brought slaves from African to American with destruction of African society. At the eighth part, “Loaded” Word and Native Americans are European used words with a purpose of distorting history and justifying Euro-American conquest of the Native America. A “tribe” in reference to Africans means a failure to recognize the religious, cultural and social variety of African peoples is a racist dynamic. “Qualifying Adjectives” is about the words that would normally have positive notations can have entirely different meaning when used in a racial context. At the last of Wrap up of essay is stated that what language is. In addition, a notice the racism in language is an important first step and consciousness of the influence of language on our recognition can help to negate much of that influence even though it is not simple awareness. As a result, Moore emphasizes to prevent people from using...