Majority World Diasporas

Abstract

Leading British sociologist Stuart Hall states “language is the privileged medium in which we make sense of things, in which meaning is produced and exchanged” (1982). It is made up of signs and symbols that come together to create meaning in culture, meanings that have been given to them by culture makers. Words have connotations that people, as participants of a culture, use as a frame of reference in their understanding of the world. To challenge ideological injustices in culture, the language of a society must be challenged as well.