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 director Ava Duvernay.
Her new film Origin, explores a new way to consider the historical subjugation of black people in America as the adverse result of a caste system.
The film is inspired by Isabel Wilkerson's book the origins of our discontents.
In the movie, Wilkerson embarks on a journey to learn about caste, traveling to Germany and India to get to the root of the black experience in America.
Also, well talk about how algorithms flatten culture.
With journalist Kyle Chaika.
He says algorithms affect every aspect of our lives, from what we choose to watch on Netflix to the songs that are at the top of the charts to what our local coffee shop looks like.
I could reliably land in any city in the world and easily find my way to a coffee shop with cappuccinos with nice latte art and minimalist reclaimed wood furniture.
That's coming up on FresH air weekend.
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Dot this is fresh air weekend.
I'm Tanya Mosley.
When my guest Ava Duvernay, first read Isabel Wilkerson's book cast the origins of our discontents, she was so stunned she reread it two more times.
The best selling book draws a line between India's caste system, the hierarchies of Nazi Germany, and the historic subjugation of black people in the United States.