Normative is not the same as normal. According to sociologists,\u00a0 unlike norm or normal, normative has a morally endorsed component to it and refers to.<\/p>\n
This word is usually found in highly charged pieces. Check these out:<\/p>\n
\u201cDeviant’ is the weapon of the normative<\/strong> to discredit and demonize the Other.\u201d
\n\u2015 Jamie Arpin-Ricci<\/p>\n\u201cBeloved, to be white is to know that you have at your own hand, or by extension, through institutionalized means, the power to take black life with impunity. It\u2019s the power of life and death that gives whiteness its force, its imperative. White life is worth more than black life. This is why the cry \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d angers you so greatly, why it is utterly offensive and effortlessly revolutionary. It takes aim at white innocence and insists on uncovering the lie of its neutrality, its naturalness, its normalcy, its normativity<\/strong>. The most radical action a white person can take is to acknowledge this denied privilege, to say, \u201cYes, you\u2019re right. In our institutional structures, and in deep psychological structures, our underlying assumption is that our lives are worth more than yours.\u201d But that is a tough thing for most of you to do.\u201d
\n\u2015\u00a0Michael Eric Dyson,\u00a0<\/span>Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Normative is not the same as normal. According to sociologists,\u00a0 unlike norm or normal, normative has a morally endorsed component to it and refers to. This word is usually found in highly charged pieces. 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