Please remove *this word* from your vocabulary

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Language matters, and as an Indigenous SLP who is white-presenting with white privilege, it I often hear this word in conversation and media.

This is a really important reminder if "savage" is part of your vocabulary, that this word is a derogatory term that was used to describe Indigenous people in official documentation when they were being colonized in North America both in the United States and Canada.

It was used to mean uncivilized, violent, and brutal.

It is a racial slur, not un-similar to the N-word.

So, if this word is part of your vocabulary, I urge you to remove it and to educate others on why it is inappropriate as well.

by Halle Demchuk, SLP

Paediatric SLP | GLP-Trained Clinician | Owner of HAEPI SLP