FINAL THOUGHTS

make up your own damn mind “You just have to make up your own damn mind to either accept what I'm going to tell you, or reject it.”

HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT

LANGUAGE & THOUGHTS ASSIGN A NAME: A = Takete or Maluma? B = Takete or Maluma?

LANGUAGE & THOUGHTS SCHOOL WORK SEX RELIGION RACE

“because the ultimate expression of power is control” LANGUAGE & THOUGHTS SEGUE: Cast a CAR commercial Who’s “signing & driving” 2013 LEXUS GS COMMERCIAL: “because the ultimate expression of power is control”

LANGUAGE & THOUGHTS CASTING DIRECTOR: DJ for a party “A” student who aces SATs Mini-Mart owner 2 Cops Over-the-hill, fat, balding Young, trim, buff Male Model for athletic clothes Maid

LANGUAGE & THOUGHTS PAULA DEAN: Which is worse to say? N-word or B-word

DON’T LET THEM PUT YOU IN A BOX LANGUAGE & THOUGHTS DON’T LET THEM PUT YOU IN A BOX stereotype

LANGUAGE & THOUGHTS DON’T PUT YOURSELF IN A BOX stereotype

LANGUAGE & THOUGHTS SELF-TALK: How do you talk to you? WORDS THOUGHTS BEHAVIORS

LANGUAGE & THOUGHTS LANGUAGE affects THOUGHTS THOUGHTS affect LANGUAGE

control the language control the people control yourself LANGUAGE & THOUGHTS WORDS = POWER control the language control the people control yourself

LANGUAGE & THOUGHTS FINAL QUESTION: NATURE vs. NURTURE Where does FREE WILL fit in?

Don’t believe everything you think.

The surest way to show one’s ignorance Is to claim one’s sapience.