Every day we work and play with people who are not US. This handbook offers ways to interact with Them without judgment, derision, or conflict. Used by journalists, students, business executives, writers, court and government workers, and teachers, Just Words aims to eliminate from language the isms that pull people apart.
Just Words includes:
• Ways to avoid sexism, racism, ageism,
classism, and nationalism in language
• Reasons to pay attention to ism language
• How to recognize and eliminate
discriminatory language habits
• Ways to circumvent sexist writing
• PLUS a glossary of more than 1,000
alternative terms.
Written with wit and style, this book is considered the standard reference on inclusive language. It's glossry of more than 1,000 alternative terms is a reference gem!