The Secret Life of Words How English Became English

In a comprehensive evaluation of the English language, this entertaining book is more than just a survey of where English is spoken and why it has become the lingua franca of the global community. Henry Hitchings, a Cambridge University academic, traces the development of the language of the island of Britain from its origins in…

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The everyday language of white racism by Jane H. Hill

I first immersed myself in critical race theory scholarship four years ago when I began researching white supremacy for my book, Layers of Blackness: Colourism in the African Diaspora. Since then, I have borne witness to the way that critical race theory, originally developed by lawyers, has been applied to a number of areas from…

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