Queer Evolution: Word Goes Mainstream Analysis
Refined Words from the Past to Present
According to the great philosopher named Aristotle, virtue enables to a thing’s unique characteristic to perform well and if it doesn’t function well then it’s irrational. Definitions of certain words and their usage have changed from the past to present. Certain words are exploited to abuse or to harass other groups, communities, ethnicities, and people. Author John McWhorter and journalist Martha Irvine wrote “Baltimore’s mayor and the president said ‘thugs’? Let’s not get too bent out of shape" and "Queer' Evolution: word Goes Mainstream." McWhorter and Irvine explore how the words evolved from the past to present and have negative and positive impacts on people. These transitioned words can integrate …show more content…
Let’s not get too bent out of shape" by John McWhorter and "Queer Evolution: Word Goes Mainstream" by Martha Irvine prove that the words that have changed can unify and discriminate people. In McWhorter's article has negative effect on black. McWhorter notes, "The reason is that Modern American English increasingly has a way of saying “black criminal"(Para 11). The note means that thug only directed towards black race. He also points out that "white thug" cannot be found because thug only means black. The thug definition is ironic due to its proper meaning and how this word applies in the present. However, in Irvine's article queer has positive effect . Using the term queer unify them with people goes with same or similar category and they are confident on implying this term on them. This term queer does not hurt them by the reason of it is who they are. "Edwards, from Houston, says he likes when straight people are comfortable using it"(Irvine 24). In Jay Edward's perspective, the queer brings comfortable to all sexual orientation except homosexual. The other instance, Rohr from Boston, believes the only one word that sideline him is queer because he thinks that lost its meaning and formed a new meaning(Irvine 26-7). In McWhorter's and Irvine's article, conveys how the evolved words affect on people because they are implying these terms on themselves or on
According to the great philosopher named Aristotle, virtue enables to a thing’s unique characteristic to perform well and if it doesn’t function well then it’s irrational. Definitions of certain words and their usage have changed from the past to present. Certain words are exploited to abuse or to harass other groups, communities, ethnicities, and people. Author John McWhorter and journalist Martha Irvine wrote “Baltimore’s mayor and the president said ‘thugs’? Let’s not get too bent out of shape" and "Queer' Evolution: word Goes Mainstream." McWhorter and Irvine explore how the words evolved from the past to present and have negative and positive impacts on people. These transitioned words can integrate …show more content…
Let’s not get too bent out of shape" by John McWhorter and "Queer Evolution: Word Goes Mainstream" by Martha Irvine prove that the words that have changed can unify and discriminate people. In McWhorter's article has negative effect on black. McWhorter notes, "The reason is that Modern American English increasingly has a way of saying “black criminal"(Para 11). The note means that thug only directed towards black race. He also points out that "white thug" cannot be found because thug only means black. The thug definition is ironic due to its proper meaning and how this word applies in the present. However, in Irvine's article queer has positive effect . Using the term queer unify them with people goes with same or similar category and they are confident on implying this term on them. This term queer does not hurt them by the reason of it is who they are. "Edwards, from Houston, says he likes when straight people are comfortable using it"(Irvine 24). In Jay Edward's perspective, the queer brings comfortable to all sexual orientation except homosexual. The other instance, Rohr from Boston, believes the only one word that sideline him is queer because he thinks that lost its meaning and formed a new meaning(Irvine 26-7). In McWhorter's and Irvine's article, conveys how the evolved words affect on people because they are implying these terms on themselves or on