Although in the networks They criticized Francia Márquez for saying “majorities”would not have incurred any error according to the RAE.
After what the presidential candidate Gustavo Petro will make Francia Márquez official as his vice-presidential formula for the 2022 elections, the woman offered interviews to various media outlets. In one of them, the candidate herself used the expression “majorities” when referring to the learning of her ancestors.
«That bet of life, that philosophy of life inherited from our elders, who were enslaved, but who always bet on collective construction, to see us as a society»
expressed France.
This phrase generated all kinds of criticism on social networks, some of them arguing that the use of inclusive language was not necessary…
Without just cause, they criticize Francia Márquez for saying «majorities»
Although at first glance many may think that it is a misuse of language for trying to be inclusive, the truth is that France did not make any mistakesat least for the Royal Academy of Language (RAE).
According to what can be consulted in the dictionary of said institution, “majority” is a word and has its meaning.
Considering the context of the sentence, France made reference to older women from some ancestral communitieswhich were called «mayoras».
According to the Banco de la República encyclopedia, Francia Márquez is a Colombian social and environmental leader who has worked to defend the rivers of Suárez (Cauca) and the ancestral territories of Afro-descendant communities against mining activities in their territories. In 2018 she received The Goldman Environmental Prize, known as the Environmental Nobel Prize.
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