Language shapes how we think and feel, and how we perceive ourselves and others. Language can create community that even changes the world. Just think of Martin Luther King's famous words 'I have a dream'. Words can be uplifting or humiliating, can bring us together or apart, can encourage or can exclude and discriminate.
On the job, the tone has often become much harsher and characterized by demanding, threatening, condemning and denying. In some places, politeness is labeled as do-gooding. In addition, there are behaviors that prevent women and people with other mother tongues, in particular, from contributing fully. Sitting at the table does not automatically mean being included.
This episode is about raising awareness of the impact of language.
It addresses the following questions:
How does discriminatory or offensive language emerge?
What does speechlessness mean? Is really everyone included? What prevents people from contributing equally?
How can you use language in a way that motivates and includes as many people as possible? What can you do so that no one in your environment remains speechless?
My recommended reading: 'Language and Being' by Kübra Gümüsay. The author describes in an impressive way how language shapes our thinking and living and determines our politics.
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