Words Matter

Choose them with care

Mary Keating
Nov 7 · 1 min read
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Our current language
shaped our thoughts so we don’t see
what some words imply
which makes us unconsciously
perpetuate prejudice

We blindly follow

as our words fall on deaf ears

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Mary Keating

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Poet, lawyer, disability advocate, writer, wheelchair rider, dog lover. Ripping off the labels to see anew. (mmarywords @yahoo.com)

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