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John Colapinto on the Power and Beauty of the Human Voice

The Next Big Idea

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The Most Important Social Reformers Are Phonaticians

Shaw was a socialist who believed that speech therapis could be important social reformers in helping to level playing field. We're doing it as americans all the time, we really are making judgments about people's socio economic status according to how they speak. It's why we say that voices, voice and accent are the last acceptable form of prejudice.

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