Abstract This chapter connects negative bias to linguistic matters, especially epistemic contextualism. Epistemic contextualism suggests that the word “knows” is used in different conversational contexts in ways that contribute differently to the truth conditions of a given sentence. Contextualist treatments of clashes of intuitions can allow that two claims, apparently in conflict, can both be true. But making true claims is far from the only thing that matters—there are often substantive normative questions about what contextual parameters are appropriate to a given conversational situation. This chapter foregrounds the importance of the social power to set contextual standards, and how it relates to injustice and oppression. The linguistic flexibility posited by contextualism allows the negative bias to play out in different subtle ways, and points to a broader phenomenon of “contextual injustice.” The connections between language, epistemology, and social justice are deeply interlinked.