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“The other side of words”: Essentializing

“The other side of words”: Essentializing

To say that “women are talkative”, that “Africans have rhythm in their skin” or that “the French are rude”, is not just a stereotype, that is to say a ready-made opinion on an individual or a group, it is also a form of essentialization. This term has appeared in recent years with the debates about identities and it is […] … learn more→