# The importance of using inclusive language

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxCopenhagen
- Speaker: Fahad Saeed
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/fahad_saeed_the_importance_of_using_inclusive_language)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In this passionate talk, diversity trainer and activist Fahad Saeed addresses the persistent myth that inclusive language and acronyms create more barriers than they tear down. Sharing his own experiences as a gay Muslim man born to immigrant parents, he explains how redefining the constructs around personal identity can have positive repercussions in marginalized communities and beyond.

## Lectures

1. [The importance of using inclusive language](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/fahad_saeed_the_importance_of_using_inclusive_language/e01e334189e7), 16 min (TED's player)