Culture Series: Decoding DC Language

Culture Series: Decoding DC Language

Date and Time

Apr 18, 2024 6:00 pm

Location

450K

450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001

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Description:

Join HumanitiesDC for an engaging interactive discussion on African American Language and its speakers in the DMV area with special appearances from local spoken word artists!

Throughout the evening, we’ll explore some interesting questions:

What is African American Language? Is it slang?

Why do some people say ‘urrea’ while others say ‘area?’

Do you know what these words mean: joint, bama, jih, lunching, stamp, cised?

Chocolate City is becoming less chocolate. Does it matter?

Join Dr. Minnie Annan for a lively and interactive discussion on African American Language and its speakers in the DMV area. Why do some people say urrea while others say "area?"

ASL Interpretation will be provided.

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