Oprah on Black and Standard English

This is the episode where Oprah talks about her views on Black English, famously referring to this type of speech as the 'ebonic plague,'while speaking with features of Black English, as referenced in "Oprah and /ay/: lexical frequency, referee design, and style" (Hay, 1999).

Posted by Gloria Herman on April 1, 2021

Tags:
African American Language;
Standard Language Ideology;
Power;
Stigma

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