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America is in the middle of a battle over the meaning of words like 'diversity'

  • Written by Jennifer Mercieca, Associate Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University
The culture war isn't just playing out on the streets. It's also a struggle over the dominant understanding of certain words.AP Photo/John Minchillo

You might think that the culture war over race and immigration primarily transpires in dramatic events, like the woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty to protest Trump’s child detention policy...

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