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Are We a “Dying Empire”? (with George Packer)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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The Moral Case Against the Equity Language Guide Program

Small numbers of people are behind the language guide movement, he says. The goal is to "spread an anesthetizing cream over the English language so that nothing will make us uncomfortable" It's this endless cycle of getting rid of words because they're associated with things like poverty or racism and oppression,. He adds: You cannot solve a problem that you can't name. Truth is painful and good writing is painful because it tells the truth.

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