In Response to the Professor's Questions About Correctness and Prejudice

1) To be perfectly honest, I don't know that I could draw that line; I know that it exists, so to speak, but I think it is less structural than we would assign it to be at first glance. What I mean to say is that I think the line is consistently in flux, but still effects the distinction between "correct" and "incorrect".

I think, barring total relativism, it is in the best interests of the individual to adapt to language shifts, because to fight against the line-in-flux will result in social exclusion. I don't mean to get too theoretical, but I think a "meta-understanding" of the correct/incorrect distinction is critical.

2) I am finding that language-based racism is perhaps one of the most subtle forms that exists in our society, and in that regard, perhaps one of the most pernicious. Most people are quick to defend themselves as not being racist when someone faces them with their language-based discrimination, and they then try to base their discrimination in fact, to illustrate that they are only stating the natural truth; this posturing on their seems reminiscent of claims to a scientific basis to more overt forms of racism from the past.