“Ugh, a Vampire!” How a Pop TV Show Teaches Us about Discrimination
This is an abridgment of a paper I published a couple of years ago, showing the ways language was used for discriminatory purposes in the American TV show True Blood.
This is an abridgment of a paper I published a couple of years ago, showing the ways language was used for discriminatory purposes in the American TV show True Blood.
The unsaid is a powerful political tool, maybe even more so than what is actually said. It can be used to reinforce prejudice and exclusion. We need to learn how to read and listen with our eyes and ears on what is said, and our brain on the unsaid.