The Right Word the poet by Imtiaz Dharker born in Pakistan however brought up in Scotland- a British citizen. The poem is about language and identity how we see and judge other people by their appearance and how people may see and label themselves. The first stanza is about her witnessing a shadow and she assumed it was a terrorist. After the 9/11 terrorism Asia and other ethnic minorities has been targeted with the word terrorism which is racist and hypercritical. The word racism is based on religion because terrorist would always claim that their extremist Muslim. Another powerful word in the first stanza was when she quoted ‘lurking’ which is linking with shadow the word lurking is a verb and when Imatiaz Dharker it meant something that the boy was acting strange. If the boy was lurking it meant that her community was not united as one they were sparsely separated. Imatiaz Dharker was not secure in her own area knowing that a boy is just lurking and roaming in the area.

The second stanza is link to the the first stanza when Imatiaz Dharker question herself were she quoted ‘Is that a wrong description?’ of when she called the boy a terrorist because of his appearance.  She reflected on what she just implicated and knew she was wrong.