Using rigorous definition and clear terminology to expose how climate change operates as systematic oppression rather than neutral natural phenomenon.
Sor Juana wielded language with precision to reveal theological and philosophical contradictions in her society's justifications for inequality. Climate justice requires similar linguistic rigor: calling climate change what it is—a product of specific economic systems, historical choices, and power inequalities—rather than accepting the neutral framing of 'environmental challenge.' Terms matter: 'climate refugees' acknowledges human displacement; 'climate reparations' frames obligation; 'environmental racism' reveals patterns; 'climate colonialism' names ongoing extraction. Sor Juana's meticulous arguments exposed how institutions disguised oppression in claims of natural order or divine will. Contemporary climate discourse often obscures responsibility through passive language and false solutions. Naming injustice precisely—identifying which corporations created climate crisis, which nations profited, which communities suffer first—creates accountability and demands action. Sor Juana's philosophical precision offers a model for climate advocates using language to expose rather than obscure systemic injustice.
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