From The Devil’s Dictionary
Even before the Internet, and even before Goerge Orwell, Ambrose Bierce's classic The Devil's Dictionary taught us how to see through the veil of language to words' true meanings, which are always open to interpretation.
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Back-Seat Rebel
Jackie Robinson's famous 1944 court-martial revealed not just the hierarchy of power in language, but also the tension between the U.S. Army's efforts of integration and the ongoing struggle of black soldiers in their fight against Jim Crow.