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Jargon for the Blacks—and Others

September 30, 2019September 22, 2019 Marquis Bey Black Queers, education, Gender, language, race, sexuality, trans identity

Time and again, usually a few times a year, I haphazardly stumble upon someone castigating the use of “jargon,” at

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Staging Habla de Negros: A New Book on Radical Black Performance in Early Modern Spain

June 18, 2019June 17, 2019 J. T. Roane African Diaspora, Black Europe, language, Performance, Resistance

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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The Enduring Controversies of the N-Word

June 30, 2017July 3, 2017 Tyler Parry digital media, language, race, racism

Hearing the N-word uttered in popular media is rather familiar in the United States. A version of the word is

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“Talking Black in America”: A New Film on African American English

June 13, 2017June 15, 2017 Michael T. Barry Jr. #FilmFeatures, Black film, dialect, film, language, linguistics

This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History

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