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[email protected] gfretwell@aol.com is offline
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Default I be thinkin, dis **** be wak.

Liberal arts colleges perpetuating the stereotype of the illiterate
black person. No wonder that the labor participation rate in that
community is so low.


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“[The statement] is a great example of how we are striving to act
against racism,” said Dr. Jill Purdy, Tacoma’s vice chancellor of
undergraduate affairs. “Language is the bridge between ideas and
action, so how we use words has a lot of influence on what we think
and do.”

The Tacoma Writing Center’s prioritization of social justice over
grammar resembles previous concerted efforts to legitimize incorrect
speech, such as Ebonics, “inventive spelling,” and “whole language.”
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Yeah, that will get your resume' bumped up to the top of the pile.