Even the most prigish people who want to criticize marginalized speech end up adopting those words. There's an edginess and a counter-culturist that we tend to find associated with that kind of speech forms. When words like jazz or woke start to get picked up and move more mainstream we almost forget where they came from.
Language changes, and that's not a bad thing! This week, Adam is joined by sociolinguist Valerie Fridland to uncover how language is much more malleable than we're led to believe, and how the resistance against new slang often disguises an attempt to limit the influence of marginalized communities. Pick up Valerie's book at factuallypod.com/books
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