24.2760, Media: Black English in the Spotlight: Rachel Jeantel's Testimony

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Subject: 24.2760, Media: Black English in the Spotlight: Rachel Jeantel's Testimony

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Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:30:27
From: Brent Woo [bwoo at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Black English in the Spotlight: Rachel Jeantel's Testimony

E-mail this message to a friend:
http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=24-2760.html&submissionid=17445531&topicid=21&msgnumber=1
 In the George Zimmerman murder trial, the defense asked witness Rachel Jeantel, "Are you claiming in any way that you don't understand English?", sparking discussion on prescriptivism and Black English's place in society.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/52697/rachel-jeantel-s-language-is-english-it-s-just-not-your-english/685823
 


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