The above article "Whorf Revisited" used a variety of examples to demonstrate the less-extreme form of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesi
s. Now think this through using another example. Read the very short New York Times article about the Jahai people of the Malay Peninsula posted below the questions. Explain how the Jahai people and their language surrounding smell is an example of this hypothesis using the following questions as a guide: •A.) Are the Jahai better smellers than your average American?
•B.) WHY?? What makes them better smellers, applying or using the above hypothesis?
Several meanings could be agvined to this. On face value, Dr. King is saying that the men who lynched Emmett Till were morally bankrupt but hid behind Christianity and rationalized their actions for murdering Emmett for allegedly flirting with a married white woman.
John Locke, whose ideas were reflected in the ideas of the founding fathers of the United States, wrote back in 1690 that the natural right of a person is the right for protection of life, freedom and property from threats and encroachment from the outside.
