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Re: Sapir Whorf

[therangerking]

I think the way it's use in activist circles isn't Sapir-Whorf theory actually, because the theory talks about the limitations of language through expression. As a bilingual, I understand it in the sense that I talk about certain concepts better in one language than the other. For example, it's almost literally impossible for me to talk about my individual problems in Chinese, because I always feel shameful and that I shouldn't, but I have no problems doing that in English whatsoever. It's the cultural context imbued into the language itself that basically 'restricts' linguistic expression. Honestly, the way I've always read the theory is simply that it is easier or more difficult to express yourself about a certain topic within one language compared to another - i.e. it's a theory about bilingualism.

Whereas the way activists use it is the use of singular words and their meanings, which is when it gets incredibly complicated and at the same time horribly simplified because simplification is always necessary when it comes to political activism. It's also within one language and, usually, within one culture and its associated cultural meanings of certain words. I don't disagree with that that - like the anon said above me - but at the same time, I don't think it's Sapir-Whorf at all.