Thursday, September 10, 2020 - Racist Language

10/09/2020 10 min
Thursday, September 10, 2020 - Racist Language

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Episode Synopsis

How people speak, and how other people react to it is a major cause of racism and sexism, according to an English professor at Missouri S&T. Sarah Hercula has written a book advocating for English teachers, people who study linguistics and others to tear down stereotypes of language as part of the overall effort to combat systemic racism and sexism.