Episode 393 — Correcting People’s Grammar LIVE

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Andrew Ti and special guests from The Asian Student Union finish the week off by discussing if it’s racist to correct other people’s incorrect grammar. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

[slinky 147]

It would've been nice for the guests to put in a bit of effort for this one.

[dlo burns 129]

Ta-Neshi Coates has an excellent piece basically about this, and how policing grammar is a way to police minorities (of any race)

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/english-is-a-dialect-with-an-army/278300/

 

It would've been nice for the guests to put in a bit of effort for this one.

I thought they did pretty fine, especially for hungover college kids who've probably never had any radio experience. I only wish they had some better mics, but it was surprisingly good for just merely using a laptop.

[slinky 147]

They did better the other 4 days, maybe it just wasn't as interesting of a question to engage them for Friday.