Liberal Student Fighting Back at ‘Racist’ Proper English

Is there any form of bigotry worse than the soft bigotry of low expectations?

In the world of social justice insanity that exists on the nation’s college campuses, it was only a matter of time before proper English became added to the list of things deemed “oppressive.”

Indeed, there’s even “research” to back this up, thanks to Erika Gallagher, an undergraduate researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who found that “members of minority groups feel oppressed by standard, grammatical English.” The HORROR!


Never would the Civil Rights leaders of the 1960s imagine the challenges of syntax their descendants would face. They also probably would never imagine that college crazies could actually make this into a serious social justice issue.

The focus of the junior’s research is a theory called “code switching.” Basically, adherents of “code switching” say that individuals will seek to alter their speech patterns to fit the group of people with which they are communicating.

Members of minority groups feel especially marginalized because of “code switching,” Gallagher’s research found.

By the way, her “research” was in the form of interviews with three black people. What vigor!

To avoid any hurt feelings some people may feel by attempting to speak standard, correct English, Gallagher wants to eradicate the stigma associated with Ebonics — or African–American Vernacular English, a nonstandard dialect of English spoken by some black people.

“I want to center the voices of the people who need to be centered,” Gallagher, a participant in the UW-Madison writing fellows program, told The Daily Cardinal. “As a white-passing person, I have a lot of power and privilege that should be shared.”

H/T: The Daily Caller

Basically, if you’re reading this article in English, you are racist – or at least perpetuating racism!

Now, granting that Ms. Gallagher, who will likely be unemployed and $100,000 in debt by the end of her education despite raking in the power and privilege, you’d think there would be more productive ways of sharing it. Like maybe tutoring English instead of lowering the bar for people she believes are too intimidated into speaking normal English.

It’s rare that an internet comments section restores some of your faith in humanity, but the comments in response to the Daily Cardinal article on Ms. Gallagher are too good not to share.

Who knew the anti-racist position was to assume that some groups just aren’t capable of functioning like the rest of us? One might say that sounds a tad racist.

Have you ever heard of anything like this? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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