Show notes for Episode 6Here are the show notes for Episode 6 where Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk about:language change related to the term ‘Karen’ and how its meaning has drifted and been debatedthe changing of the name of Washington’s American Football teamAnd we talk to Kelly Wright in a wide-ranging interview about her work in experimental sociolinguistics, how race and ethnicity are represented in language, blackness and whiteness in voices and lots more...Kelly Wright’s website: Covert Racism | Wright Linguistics Publications and interviews: https://kellywright5.wixsite.com/raciolinguistics/recent-publicationsJohn Rickford on Rachel Jeantel’s testimony at the George Zimmerman trial: Stanford linguist: prejudice toward African American dialect can result in unfair rulingsA link to a presentation on housing discrimination: https://youtu.be/2YiSTziPt5o Kelly Wright on Twitter: https://twitter.com/raciolinguisticGroundbreaking report reveals racial bias in English football commentaryThe RunRepeat study: Racial Bias in Football Commentary (Study)KarenHow 'Karen' went from a popular baby name to a stand-in for white entitlementWhat is and where did it come from? This from the Indy: What is the Karen meme and is it a misogynistic slur? | indy100Hadley freeman in the Guardian on Karen being sexist: The 'Karen' meme is everywhere – and it has become mired in sexismKaren Attiah in the Washington Post about why it's not oppressive: Opinion | The ‘Karen’ memes and jokes aren’t sexist or racist. Let a Karen explain.A bit of a more nuanced suggestion that it allows white women to uphold white supremacy: I am no longer Outside in a AMG on TwitterChanging the Washington NFL team name(We’ve chosen not to use the team name here but you’ll find it referred to in some of these articles.)An NFL Name Change That Has Been a Long Time Cominghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53390944https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/07/18/renaming-the-washington-redskinsContact us @LexisPodcast. Subscribe: Lexis Podcast | Podcast on SpotifyContributorsMatthew Butler Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewbutlerwyLisa Casey blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)Dan Clayton blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog)Jacky Glancey Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlanceyMusic: Freenotes