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“Don’t call me Murzyn” – about racial discrimination in Poland and the effect of the grammatical gender on cognition

The ripple effect of the recent “Black Lives Matters” protests, sparked by the killing of George Floyd, has spread beyond the borders of the United States. In Poland, it resulted in starting a public campaign “Don’t call me Murzyn”. I first saw the hashtag #DontCallMeMurzyn in my Facebook feed and I immediately thought: “What? Why?ContinueContinue reading ““Don’t call me Murzyn” – about racial discrimination in Poland and the effect of the grammatical gender on cognition”