Historically Black Phrases (ft. Dara Sanderson)

On this week’s episode, hosts jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson welcome CEO of Dictionary.Com, Dara Sanderson, to discuss Black American Language. They discuss code switching, how Black culture influences language, and jarrett and Tre’vell’s new book, Historically Black Phrases (Out Now!) 

Then later, our hosts respond to a letter from a listener who shares their experience with Digital Blackface in the workplace, in response to last week’s episode about non – Black people using Black gifs and memes way too often.

Mentioned In This Episode 

Gwen Ifill 

Historically Black Phrases 

DIS/Honorable Mentions: 

TA: 

Project Runway contestant winner, Bishme

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PLUGS:

HIstorically Black Phrases was on Dictionary. com!

We See Each Other: A Black Trans Journey Through TV and Film event in Boston

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