language matters

“An entire mythology is stored within our language.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein)

The words we use shape how we, and others, see the world. These are examples of people being intentional in their choice of words to see the world more justly and inclusively.

• What Words We Use — and Avoid — When Covering People and Incarceration from The Marshall Project
• How We Talk About Public Health and Why It Matters Language is entwined with power: “As James Baldwin points out in Notes of a Native Son, ‘the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.’”