Change the Subject (2019) is a 54-minute documentary film about a group of Dartmouth students who challenged anti-immigrant language in the Library of Congress subject headings.
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Did Libraries 'Change the Subject'? What Happened, What Didn't, and What's Ahead? American Library Association, 2024
The Bias Hiding in your Library, Amanda Ros, The Conversation, 2019.
Three Decades Since Prejudices and Antipathies: A Study of Changes in the Library of Congress Subject Headings, Steven A. Knowlton, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 2005.
There is an entire body of literature across the disciplines on how language can be used to dehumanize individuals and groups. Here's a brief read: "Dehumanizing always starts with language," adapted from Braving the Wilderness (2017), Brene Brown.