Multiple Choice
Terms like the "N-word," as the text suggests,carry a wide range of meaning.In a similar way,use of the term "queer" has taken on many different shades of meaning over the past decade.The use of such terms illustrates the ways in which
A) similar groups of people share the struggle to overcome derogatory meaning in language.
B) different social groups are able to control the use of specific terms.
C) language and power are distinct.
D) language and power intersect.
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