
Amanda Montell—The Code
Strange Customs with Sasha Sagan
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The Future of the English Language
I don't know that we have. I mean, that the history behind that is just embedded in our socio-cultural and historical context of this country,. Black people aren't supposed to own anything. And so even if we do create something, it's not supposed to be our own. It's owned by someone else. You can continue to challenge it and say, well, this isn't true. We're seeing these uncovering things of history, right? Where people are getting credit. How do you see in 100 years? How do you imagine that the English language will have changed? That's so funny. When I taught history of the English language, that was always one of the
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