Journalist Michele Norris has spent the last 14 years collecting what she describes as "an archive of the human experience" with The Race Card Project. She wanted to see how Americans really talk and think about race, so she asked people to share their thoughts in six words. Norris adapted the project into a memoir called Our Hidden Conversations. Also, we'll hear from Kai Wright, host of the WNYC podcast Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, when so little was known about HIV, and so much was misunderstood. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
On the Ted radio hour, linguist Ann Curzan says she gets a lot of complaints about people using the pronoun they to refer to one person.
I sometimes get into arguments with people where they will say to me, but it can't be singular.
And I will say, but it is.
The history behind words causing a lot of debate.
That's on the Ted radio hour from NPR.
From why yy in Philadelphia, I'm Tanya Moseley with fresh air weekend today.
What Americans really think think about race journalist Michelle Norris has spent the last 14 years collecting what she describes as an archive of the human experience.
She wanted to see how Americans really talk and think about race, so she asked people to share their thoughts in six words.
Here are a few was considered white until after 911.
Urban living has made me racist.
I suspect Grandpa was a jew too.
Black for black men's love.
Also, we'll hear from Kai Wright, host of the podcast blind spot the plague in the shadows, about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, when so little was known about HIV and so much misunderstood.
Throughout his career, Wright has covered the HIV and AIDS crisis and its impact on communities that are often overlooked.
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