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਍ऀऀऀऀऀऀ㰀搀椀瘀 猀琀礀氀攀㴀∀戀漀爀搀攀爀㨀㜀瀀砀 猀漀氀椀搀 ⌀　　　　㐀㐀㬀∀㸀ഀ ਍ऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀ㰀琀爀㸀ഀ ਍ऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀ㰀琀搀 愀氀椀最渀㴀∀挀攀渀琀攀爀∀ 瘀愀氀椀最渀㴀∀洀椀搀搀氀攀∀ 猀琀礀氀攀㴀∀昀漀渀琀ⴀ昀愀洀椀氀礀㨀䄀爀椀愀氀Ⰰ 䠀攀氀瘀攀琀椀挀愀Ⰰ 猀愀渀猀ⴀ猀攀爀椀昀㬀 昀漀渀琀ⴀ猀椀稀攀㨀㤀瀀砀㬀 昀漀渀琀ⴀ眀攀椀最栀琀㨀戀漀氀搀㬀 挀漀氀漀爀㨀⌀　　　　㐀㐀㬀∀㸀㰀愀 栀爀攀昀㴀∀栀琀琀瀀㨀⼀⼀眀眀眀⸀椀猀猀甀攀猀㐀氀椀昀攀⸀漀爀最⼀昀漀甀渀搀攀爀⸀栀琀洀氀∀㸀㰀椀洀最 猀爀挀㴀∀栀琀琀瀀㨀⼀⼀眀眀眀⸀椀猀猀甀攀猀㐀氀椀昀攀⸀漀爀最⼀椀洀愀最攀猀⼀㈀　　㤀　㔀㈀㔀眀愀氀琀攀爀栀漀礀攀⸀樀瀀最∀ 愀氀琀㴀∀圀愀氀琀攀爀 䈀⸀ 䠀漀礀攀 䤀䤀∀ 眀椀搀琀栀㴀∀㄀㠀㈀∀ 栀攀椀最栀琀㴀∀㄀㈀㜀∀ 愀氀椀最渀㴀∀氀攀昀琀∀ 戀漀爀搀攀爀㴀∀㄀∀㸀㰀⼀愀㸀㰀戀爀 挀氀攀愀爀㴀∀愀氀氀∀㸀㰀戀爀㸀䄀 圀攀攀欀氀礀 䌀漀氀甀洀渀 䈀礀 圀愀氀琀攀爀 䈀⸀ 䠀漀礀攀 䤀䤀㰀⼀琀搀㸀ഀ ਍ऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀ㰀⼀琀爀㸀ഀ ਍ऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀ㰀琀搀 挀漀氀猀瀀愀渀㴀∀㈀∀㸀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀㰀⼀琀搀㸀ഀ ਍ऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀ㰀琀爀㸀ഀ ਍ऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀ㰀⼀琀爀㸀ഀ
਍ऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀ㰀琀愀戀氀攀 眀椀搀琀栀㴀∀㐀㠀㔀∀ 戀漀爀搀攀爀㴀∀　∀ 挀攀氀氀猀瀀愀挀椀渀最㴀∀　∀ 挀攀氀氀瀀愀搀搀椀渀最㴀∀　∀㸀ഀ
Conflict Of Interest
In the abortion debate, is there a "Conflict of Interest"
within the Black community and among her leaders?
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The Language Of Oppression

਍ऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀ㰀瀀 猀琀礀氀攀㴀∀洀愀爀最椀渀㨀　 　 ㈀㔀瀀砀 　㬀 琀攀砀琀ⴀ愀氀椀最渀㨀樀甀猀琀椀昀礀㬀∀㸀ഀ Haig Bosmajian, UW professor of speech communication says. "While names, words, and language can be, and are, used to inspire us, to motivate us to humane acts, to liberate us, they can also be used to dehumanize human beings and to 'justify' their suppression and even their extermination." In order to justify the inhumane treatment of African American slaves and soothe the conscious of the Americans, dehumanizing terminology or the "language of oppression" was established and propagated by way of both "academic" and "legal" opinion at the very highest levels of our educational and legal communities.਍ऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀ㰀⼀瀀㸀ഀ

The Language Of Oppression Past

਍ऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀ㰀瀀 猀琀礀氀攀㴀∀洀愀爀最椀渀㨀　 　 ㈀㔀瀀砀 　㬀 琀攀砀琀ⴀ愀氀椀最渀㨀樀甀猀琀椀昀礀㬀∀㸀ഀ From 1815 to 1830, the American Colonization Society: "Free black in our country are ... a contagion." In 1857 the U.S. Supreme Court decided: "A negro of the African race was regarded ... as an article of property ... a subordinate and inferior class of being." In 1858, the Virginia Supreme Court declared: "In the eyes of the law ... the slave is not a person." In 1867, Buckner Payne, Publisher: "The Negro is not a human being." In 1900, Professor Charles Carroll: "The negro is ... one of the lower animals." In 1903 Dr. William English: "The negro race is ... a heritage of organic and psychic debris." In 1909, Dr. E. T. Brady: "They [Negroes] are parasites." In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court decided: "The Fetus, at most, represents only the potentiality of life." Again, in 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court declared: "The word 'person,' as used in the 14th Amendment does not include the unborn."਍                                                                                㰀⼀瀀㸀ഀ

The Language Of Oppression Present

਍ऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀ㰀瀀 猀琀礀氀攀㴀∀洀愀爀最椀渀㨀　 　 ㈀㔀瀀砀 　㬀 琀攀砀琀ⴀ愀氀椀最渀㨀樀甀猀琀椀昀礀㬀∀㸀ഀ In 1979 Professor Joseph Flectcher: "Pregnancy when not wanted is a disease ... in fact, a venereal disease." In 1980 Dr. Mariti Kekomaki: "An aborted baby is just garbage ... just refuse." In the Sunday, July 12th, 2009, edition of the New York Times Magazine, the power of the language of oppression to corrupt our conscious was revealed in the words of sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who said in an interview that she was surprised at a 1980 court ruling that prevented the restoration of Medicaid funding for abortions, because, in her opinion, when Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973 "there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of."਍                                                                                㰀⼀瀀㸀ഀ

Leadership And The Resonance Of Eternal Truth

਍ऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀऀ㰀瀀 猀琀礀氀攀㴀∀洀愀爀最椀渀㨀　 　 ㈀㔀瀀砀 　㬀 琀攀砀琀ⴀ愀氀椀最渀㨀樀甀猀琀椀昀礀㬀∀㸀ഀ History teaches us, time and time again, that the use of oppressive language to demonize and dehumanize certain segments of the human race is incontestably evil. True leadership holds the resonance of eternal truth bound by the conviction to stand up for the truth. When one's convictions are compromised for the promise of comfort or power, perpetuating lies to attain or maintain status is the rule of the day. Such a leader or organization cannot proclaim service to God or man.਍                                                                                        㰀戀爀㸀㰀戀爀㸀ഀ Brothers, we really need to talk.਍                                                                                        㰀戀爀㸀㰀戀爀㸀ഀ Reference(s):
1. The Language of Oppression, H. A. Bosmajian, University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 1983 (http://bit.ly/biBhho)
2. Metaphor and Reason in Judicial Opinions, H. A. Bosmajian, Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, 1992.
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