Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Language is Powerful

As a communication instructor at a community college, I've used Maggio's Talking about People for years. It helps students of all ages realize not only that phrases and terms such as "rule of thumb," "jew down," and "lady" can be and often are used in offensive ways but also why. The historical background Maggio supplies for most of this dictionary's entries is thorough without being long-winded or boring. A student once asked me, "What--do you want us to think about EVERYTHING we say?" My answer, "Yes!" Because words are powerful.