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White Author, Black English. Problem?
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55 minutes
Released:
Nov 10, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Mark Twain famously depicted what he called the "Missouri Negro dialect" of Jim. Would that be acceptable today?
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Nov 10, 2020
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