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iReview: Equality, Diversity, Relativity

Hello and Welcome  Today, I want to talk about EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, RELATIVITY , an introduction to the section II of the Book LANGUAGE IN CULTURE AND SOCIETY: A READER IN LINGUISTICS AND ANTHROPOLOGY by DELL HYMES (1927 – 2009). About the Author: Dell Hymes (1927 - 2009) Dell Hymes was a linguist, sociolinguist, anthropologist, and folklorist who established disciplinary foundations for the comparative, ethnographic study of language use. His research focused upon the languages of the Pacific Northwest. What the Chapter is about? This chapter is introduction to the second section of the book. This section’s articles are about the issues of language diversity, relativity, and equality. Chapter addresses outdated misconceptions surrounding the study of language, specifically the inaccurate classification of languages as "primitive". It advocates for a more nuanced approach recognising the equality of all languages in their scientific value, while acknowledging their div...
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Mississippi Burning: History repeats (may be) in different locations


MississippiBurning is an eye opening film about the Racism in a small town of Mississippi. Film begins on the killing of three Human Right Activists by the police in the town. The trio was declared missing and CIA starts the investigation. As everyone is involved, including the police and judiciary, in the hate crime against the Colored people, the very powerful CIA also remains helpless and the attacks on colored people and their killings and rapes continued right in front of the eyes of CIA officers by KuKluxKlan.
The film is reminder of the fact that a brain-washed society can go to any extent to prove their superiority by any means, and harmony becomes a distant call. On top of that, if this extremism enters the system of law and order, it becomes even more dangerous, because then, the state machinery is used to expand extremist motives. We are witnessing similar situations, aren't we?
The most disturbing part is that the film is based on the true events. It is based on the murders of three civil right activists: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner on June 21, 1964 at Neshoba country, Mississippi. It is also known as FreedomSummerMurders.

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