Ethnographic Moment: Navajo Nation Changing Racial Terminology in Response to Black Lives Matter Protests

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Article

Authors

Dani M. Austin, University of Minnesota MorrisFollow

Abstract

"Given Navajo Nation debates about changing racial terminology in response to Black Lives Matter protests, I will argue that modification of Diné Bizaad (Diné Bizaad means Navajo Language) is a progressive and positive shift. Language is constantly changing across social groups and time. From generation to generation, words take on different meanings. Words are invented and acquired from a variety of sources. Furthermore, unused words can expire from everyday usage. How do shifts in language occur?"

Recommended Citation

Austin, Dani M. (2021) "Ethnographic Moment: Navajo Nation Changing Racial Terminology in Response to Black Lives Matter Protests," Scholarly Horizons: University of Minnesota, Morris Undergraduate Journal: Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.61366/2576-2176.1089
Available at: https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/horizons/vol8/iss1/1

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Article