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thegrio, southern accents, atlanta, new orleans
May 11, 2025
Southern accents are fading in cities like Atlanta and New Orleans—reshaped by migration, culture shifts, and time.
October 30, 2022
Apparently, some terms like "knuckle sandwich" are so good that they cross generations and might live as long as the…
Dr. Aisha Cort thegrio.com
December 19, 2018
Dr. Aisha Cort is an Afro-Latina Spanish lecturer at Howard teaching students to speak a language that has become more…
Black Twitter
September 21, 2018
Black Twitter, a social media landscape, is noticeably influential in adding new words to the American lexicon, according to a…
October 24, 2016
Over the course of the 2016 presidential campaign, you may have noticed GOP nominee Donald Trump referring to black and Latino
August 2, 2016
A third-grade teacher at Coral Reef Elementary has filed a discrimination suit against her school district claiming that she was denied
September 17, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston has been suspended for the first half of this weekend's game against…
September 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - This case could mean that when commiserating with their coworkers black people may need to be much…
August 13, 2013
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A state panel has proposed striking segregationist language from Alabama's 1901 constitution that mandates separate schools…
June 27, 2013
OPINION - However improbably, two of the week's biggest stories – the self-inflicted travails of Paula Deen and the trial…
February 21, 2013
OPINION - Clearly black people have reclaimed and re-purposed the word over scores of years, but not even your favorite…
June 11, 2012
OPINION - Even if Jay-Z, Kanye, or President Obama were to sign off on a permission slip for all of…
May 19, 2011
Five-year-old Mabou Loiseau's parents spend $1,500 a week on tutors and lessons...
May 1, 2011
WATERBURY, Connecticut (AP) - It is the essence of black pain, yet many African-Americans use it with pride, like a…
January 14, 2011
OPINION - As a group, African-Americans have a firm grasp on the way Twitter works, and we influence the overall…
August 25, 2010
OPINION - The DEA may not have known the full ramifications of its decision to label the language of many…
August 24, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Linguists say Ebonics can be trickier than it seems, partly because the vocabulary evolves so quickly....
August 13, 2010
The exhibit is also a celebration of the Gullah people who continue to thrive, despite years of oppression...
August 11, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Politicians in Haiti traditionally speak mainly Creole and French -- the latter for many things being…
April 30, 2010
"This is just one more indication of the incredible anti-immigrant sentiment in the state," said Bruce Merrill, a professor emeritus…