Why white people can't say ni**a
OPINION - Clearly black people have reclaimed and re-purposed the word over scores of years, but not even your favorite rapper disassociates the n-word from its white supremacist history...
Lack of bilingual ability could be hurting blacks
OPINION - When it comes to African-Americans in today’s job market, skin color or a black-sounding name could keep some people from landing a job...
Is it ever OK for whites to use the n-word?
OPINION - Even if Jay-Z, Kanye, or President Obama were to sign off on a permission slip for all of white America for carte blanche usage of the “n-word,” it would never fail to offend some large portion of black people, when used in the improper context...
5-year-old prodigy can speak 7 languages, play 6 instruments
Five-year-old Mabou Loiseau's parents spend $1,500 a week on tutors and lessons...
High school play seizes power from the n-word
WATERBURY, Connecticut (AP) - It is the essence of black pain, yet many African-Americans use it with pride, like a hard-won privilege...
Black lingo sets the trend on Twitter
OPINION - As a group, African-Americans have a firm grasp on the way Twitter works, and we influence the overall language of Twitter almost daily...
Why the DEA's embrace of Ebonics is lost in translation
OPINION - The DEA may not have known the full ramifications of its decision to label the language of many African-Americans, "Ebonics," but we bet they know now...
DEA seeks Ebonics experts to help with drug cases
ATLANTA (AP) - Linguists say Ebonics can be trickier than it seems, partly because the vocabulary evolves so quickly....
New Smithsonian exhibit exposes Gullah language
The exhibit is also a celebration of the Gullah people who continue to thrive, despite years of oppression...
Wyclef Jean says he would govern in English, Creole
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Politicians in Haiti traditionally speak mainly Creole and French -- the latter for many things being the language of government in Haiti....
