That Dang Dad | Certain Words That Make Me Nervous @ThatDangDad | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
There are some words that aren't bad in and of themselves but which can hide some pretty nasty ideologies inside them. Next time you see them, you can ask yourself what might be lurking just beneath the surface.

#language #linguistics #words #racism

Music:
"Easy For You To Say" by me

0:00 - Intro
1:40 - FLOOD
4:19 - USEFUL, USELESS, EMPTY, UNUSED
8:59 - CLEAN, DIRTY, HEALTHY, SICK
14:20 - LAW, ORDER, SAFE, UNSAFE
16:24 - Final Thoughts

Works/Articles Cited:

What's the Use, Sara Ahmed
Healthism and the medicalization of everyday life, Robert Crawford
Antisemitic propaganda - perspectives.ushmm.org/item/propaganda-poster-jews-are-lice-they-cause-typhus
Dirty, Diseased and Demented: The Irish, the Chinese, and Racist Representation - journals.openedition.org/transtexts/1011
Social Construction of Health - everydayfeminism.com/2017/09/proof-that-health-is-constructed
Disciplining Black Bodies: Racial Stereotypes of Cleanliness and Sexuality - notchesblog.com/2015/06/08/disciplining-black-bodies-racial-stereotypes-of-cleanliness-and-sexuality

Transcript: https://justpaste.it/a8320