The power of American English to unite a fractured nation

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, News, Npr, Daily, On Point

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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American English has many forms. It’s evolved over 400 years to match this country’s dynamic history. Humanities professor Ilan Stavans says that because it’s so adaptable, American English can unify our fractured nation. Ilan Stavans joins Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:30.6	Listen to the way you and your fellow countrymen and women
0:34.4	speak.
0:35.3	And across this nation, you hear a veritable symphony
0:38.6	of the English language.
0:40.5	Here's one.
0:41.9	It's the language of the barber shop, the beauty shop.
0:44.6	It's the language that you sing your praises to God in, right?
0:49.2	And I don't know, you know, no black person who won't know
0:51.8	what I'm saying.
0:52.5	If I say, don't nobody, don't know Jesus can't tell me
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