A group of academics recently issued a statement describing their demands for "Black Linguistic Justice," a term developed by April Baker-Bell of Michigan State University: https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/demand-for-black-linguistic-justice excerpt: We DEMAND that: teachers stop using academic language and standard English as the accepted communicative norm, which reflects White Mainstream English! teachers stop teaching Black students to code-switch! Instead, we must teach Black students about anti-Black linguistic racism and white linguistic supremacy! political discussions and praxis center Black Language as teacher-researcher activism for classrooms and communities! teachers develop and teach Black Linguistic Consciousness that works to decolonize the mind (and/or) language, unlearn white supremacy, and unravel anti-Black linguistic racism! Black dispositions are centered in the research and teaching of Black Language! We expand on this list of demands in the section below. *** This list of demands was generously created by the 2020 CCCC Special Committee on Composing a CCCC Statement on Anti-Black Racism and Black Linguistic Justice, Or, Why We Cain’t Breathe! The members of this committee include: April Baker-Bell, Chair, Michigan State University Bonnie J. Williams-Farrier, California State University (Fullerton) Davena Jackson, Boston University Lamar Johnson, Michigan State University Carmen Kynard, Texas Christian University Teaira McMurtry, University of Alabama at Birmingham more at the link
Kim Klacik hasn't gotten the memo yet https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinio...0200821-hcgwdtny5bbl5egm7c6dke4tc4-story.html
"You Racists Need To Start Learning How To Pronounce “Kamala”": https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/08/22/racists-need-start-learning-pronounce-kamala/ this has got to be some kind of reverse-reverse-reverse racism . . . I can't keep the rules straight in my head
