Categories : Law Practice
Words Matter: Changing Things We Say to Become Actively Anti-Racist
Last week, I was chatting with a white gentleman who is 80 years old. We were discussing racism and his experiences growing up in the south. Aside from sharing the incredible life experiences he had, he explained how racism was sometimes subtly introduced and ingrained from childhood. The example he provided was the well-known “eeny meeny miney mo” counting song. The original did not say “tiger.” It was another word that also ends in -ger. And, I learned that the last two lines were “if he hollers make him pay/ fifty dollars every day.” I was shocked.