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Podcast: Creole Explained
Episode: Creole aka “Broken N*gger French”😶
Description: In this episode, I discuss the stigma that has long, and continues to, surround Creole languages. I cite some quotes from my own piece on the Black Francophone experience. I also share some of Edward L. Tinker's harsh remarks on Creole. He describes it as the negro best attempt to master French, a language beyond its capacity. The prejudiced, and quite bluntly racist, remarks have negatively impacted the scholarship on Creole. Similarly, many people in the general public still harbor bias against Creole languages, attributing nuanced terms such as "dialectal" and "broken" to them.