Standard English is the form of English that is taught around the world and understood by all speakers of the language. Non-standard English is the informal version of the language, which can change ...

Expecting black students to write standard English that their teachers understand is racist, according to a University of Michigan professor. April Baker-Bell believes that “traditional approaches to ...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has expressed concern over the widespread use of non-standard English among candidates in the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination ...

For years, many academics have questioned the importance — even the justice — of requiring college students to master standard English. The discussion 20 or 30 years ago was about a student’s right to ...

Fox News contributor Leo Terrell on Tuesday slammed a Towson University professor's claim that "standard English" is racist, saying that it's insulting to minorities to claim that correct grammar is ...

“All right, hear me out,” begins the young black woman in a video uploaded to the website LiveLeak last Friday. “There is no such thing as ‘talking white,’ … it’s actually called ‘speaking fluently,’ ...

SINGAPORE - The kind of English spoken in Singapore has long been a discussion point. Throwback to some 25 years ago, when then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong urged Singaporeans to stop speaking ...

On Wednesday, April Baker-Bell identified yet another barrier that African Americans face in their pursuit of the American dream of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness: linguistic racism. “(I’m ...

Friends had been telling me I needed to read “James,” the best-selling novel by Percival Everett that revisits “Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of the character Jim. They said I would be ...