Civil Rightsspeak.

Williams, Walter E.

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ERIC Number: EJ344731

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Civil Rightsspeak.

Williams, Walter E.

New Perspectives, v18 n1 p15-17 Win-Spr 1986

Today's civil rights debate is clouded by ambiguities of language. The following frequently misused words are clarified in the text so the issues can be properly addressed: 1) segregation; 2) desegregation; 3) minority group; 4) civil rights; 5) compensatory; 6) statistical disparities; and 7) racist. (PS)

Descriptors: Civil Rights, Compensation (Concept), Language Usage, Language Variation, Minority Groups, Racial Bias, Racial Segregation, Sociocultural Patterns, Sociolinguistics, Standard Spoken Usage, Statistical Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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