Dear Editor:
At the recent events at MU and other colleges people have been talking about being offended by words and even just the presence of a person.
Eleanor Roosevelt once said "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
When you take offense to a word, a phrase or even the presence of a person you give power and control of not only your life but of you yourself to someone else. I never get upset when someone says or tries to call me honky or cracker. I give the words no power. It's like the end of the movie Labyrinth where the heroine says: "You have no power over me " and you see the light of understanding in her eyes and at that moment she is free.
No one says it better than Nichelle Nichols as Uhura: "But why should I object to that term, sir? You see, in our century we've learned not to fear words."
It is time we evolve to a point where true power lies in controlling one's self and people stop using offense as an excuse to hurt and bully others, where words are no longer feared.
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