Strict term-protection views erase genocide’s political functions

Evidence

Henry Huttenbach (1988:297) argues that if “genocide” is used “simply for the emotional effect or to make a political point,” the “original” or “explicit” meaning of the term will be “lost” or “eroded.” Such statements seem to construe violence as revolving exclusively around acts of killing, thereby drawing attention away from the political underpinnings and effects of debates regarding genocide. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 280

Categorization

• XREF: Relevant to claims about genocide definitional disputes in the vault’s critical-race literature.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 280