Deracinate
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 7:52 pm
No, this isn't what happened in America when we elected our first bi-racial President. All this drivel about a "post-racial" America is just that, drivel.
So, how do we go about deracinating racism anywhere? An entirely different topic, and one that doesn't belong here in the Agora.
However, the concept can be discussed. The uprooting, ripping out, eradication of something is what this word means.
From the simple weeds of your gardens, to the weeds that infest society, this is the word.
Sadly, it can also apply to refugees. They have been deracinated from their homes and homeland. Uprooted and Unwanted, a book I read in a class a while ago, could just as well have been titled, Deracinated and Undesired. Too erudite for popularity, but it means the same thing.
So, how do we go about deracinating racism anywhere? An entirely different topic, and one that doesn't belong here in the Agora.
However, the concept can be discussed. The uprooting, ripping out, eradication of something is what this word means.
From the simple weeds of your gardens, to the weeds that infest society, this is the word.
Sadly, it can also apply to refugees. They have been deracinated from their homes and homeland. Uprooted and Unwanted, a book I read in a class a while ago, could just as well have been titled, Deracinated and Undesired. Too erudite for popularity, but it means the same thing.