Use of bias-free communication: Te use of language often reflects different kinds of prejudice or bias existing in the minds of some people, which are not acceptable in a modern society where most people have become aware of their rights. In the past, societies were male-dominated in varying degrees. A language such as English reflects male dominance in different ways. For example, a person who presided over a meeting was referred to as the even if the person happened to be a ‘chairman’, woman. This was a reminder of a social order in which all important roles were assigned to males and woman were expected to perform only supporting roles within the home or family. That, however, is no longer the case. Women are performing leadership roles in many spheres of activity. English also has various which reflect racial or ethnic bias. Americans of African origin were referred to as or Native Americans were called ‘Negros’ ‘Niggers’; ‘Red Indians’. At one time, Indians were referred to by the British as or Males ‘wogs’ ‘babus’. of Chinese origin were called Japanese were called and so on. ‘Chinamen’; ‘japs’, Luckily, these biased terms are fallingout of use. In India, many terms denoting caste or class prejudice are still in wide use- for example cast’, caste’, caste’ etc. Similarly, people belonging to the ‘low ‘scheduled ‘backword aboriginal tribes are referred to as tribes’, etc. ‘scheduled ‘tribes’, ‘adivasis’ Unfortunately, no bias-free forms have been developed in India to replace these biased forms. Words which refer to physical disabilities, such as and dumb’,’mentally ‘blind’,’deaf retarded’ are also avoided now. Users of English language are advised to avoid all forms of language which reflect gender, racial or class bias.
Use of bias-free communication: Te use of language often reflects different kinds of prejudice or bias existing in the minds of some people, which are not acceptable in a modern society where most people have become aware of their rights. In the past, societies were male-dominated in varying degrees. A language such as English reflects male dominance in different ways. For example, a person who presided over a meeting was referred to as the ‘chairman’, even if the person happened to be a woman. This was a reminder of a social order in which all important roles were assigned to males and woman were expected to perform only supporting roles within the home or family. That, however, is no longer the case. Women are performing leadership roles in many spheres of activity. English also has various which reflect racial or ethnic bias. Americans of African origin were referred to as ‘Negros’ or ‘Niggers’; Native Americans were called ‘Red Indians’. At one time, Indians were referred to by the British as ‘wogs’ or ‘babus’. Males of Chinese origin were called ‘Chinamen’; Japanese were called ‘japs’, and so on. Luckily, these biased terms are fallingout of use. In India, many terms denoting caste or class prejudice are still in wide use- for example ‘low cast’, ‘scheduled caste’, ‘backword caste’ etc. Similarly, people belonging to the aboriginal tribes are referred to as ‘scheduled tribes’, ‘tribes’, ‘adivasis’ etc. Unfortunately, no bias-free forms have been developed in India to replace these biased forms. Words which refer to physical disabilities, such as ‘blind’,’deaf and dumb’,’mentally retarded’ are also avoided now. Users of English language are advised to avoid all forms of language which reflect gender, racial or class bias.
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