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White Author, Black English. Problem?
Episode 200

White Author, Black English. Problem?

Mark Twain famously depicted what he called the “Missouri Negro dialect” of Jim. Would that be acceptable today?

Lexicon Valley

November 10, 202056m 7s

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Show Notes

Is it appropriation for a white novelist to render Black speech?

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