Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Reflections [Christina Sanchez]
The unit of this course that I found the most interesting was definitely the unit on slurs. This is because we read a variety of papers on different perspectives on slurs, and I had never really given slurs and how we actually use them in every day language (or not every day language) much thought. We just hear slurs on the street or in conversation, but we never really think about the context or the reasoning or meaning behind the use of the slur itself. When I read Hornsby's piece and the concept of "uselessness" was brought up, that really got me thinking about how deep the substance behind using slurs really goes. Seeing the plethora of perspectives brought to the table about slurs really got me thinking about the general meaning and concepts behind slurs and other parts of language because it just shows how many different thoughts can be produced about something as simple, or not so simple, as a slur, or any other part of our language. Overall, this unit on slurs just reflects the huge amount of perspectives that we have learned can be brought up with each part of our language.
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Slurs was also a chapter I found interesting! Hornsby's piece on uselessness is a topic that everybody definitely found a good conversation out of. I think this can mostly be accounted for because even just using the word "useless" to describe aspects of language that most all of us have used is such a dramatic statement, it really gives room for debate.
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ReplyDeletethat's a very interesting point! Although I keep my stance on how slurs are derogatory based on the context used, I really liked the different perspectives from Hornsby or Camp on the topic of slurs. It felt like although I agreed more with Camp, Hornsby's point on the concept of 'uselessness', like you said makes you think of how much deeper the meanings of a slur is.
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