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Fascinating and enlightening. Some interesting ideas and perspectives. Linguistics is crazy, yall.

An introduction to African American Vernacular English. Interesting to hear the comparisons with languages in other cultures.

So interesting! And he's such a great narrator. I love his podcasts and any other shows he ends up on.
Audiobook is around 4 hrs.

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This is my third McWhorter and not my last. McWhorter, who is Black, looks at Black speech patterns and makes a case that it is a dialect of American English that is used in a similar way to how Scots use their dialect - often in informal situations with people who speak it as well. It is not “unintelligent” but instead follows its own regular usages of words and sentence structure. He also discusses why people “sound Black.” Very interesting! ⬇️

Linguist McWhorter explores how Black (American) English is a dialect rather than slang or a series of mistakes and how similar the presence of Black English alongside Standard English is to many places in the world. I found this interesting and eye-opening. I‘m glad I read it.

An insightful exploration of Black English (AAVE) from linguist John McWhorter, presenting the arguments for Black English as a distinct form of English with it's own grammar, accent, and diction. This is something I knew a bit about and was passionate about as a big language / English nerd, and this book presented so much research, information, and history of Black English I was completely unaware of. Highly recommend.

For #pridemonth2020, I'm highlighting 30 openly LGBTQ+ authors. June Jordan was a poet, essayist, teacher, and activist who self-identitied as bisexual. In her work, she advocated for and used Black English, and frequently explored issues of gender, race, immigration, and representation. She was inducted into the Stonewall National Monument in 2019. #lgbtqvoices #blackvoices #pocvoices #lgbtq #lgbtqauthors #blackauthors #pocauthors #blackenglish