Yes, but it’s white and it’s male, and it’s gotta go. It’s nice that someone speaks a foreign language, but isn’t the whole point of teaching proper grammar teaching foreigners the proper way to speak English? “Variability instead of accuracy” means incorrect usage of grammatical norms. “Instead, it encourages students to develop a critical awareness of the variety of choices available to them regard to micro-level issues in order to empower them and equip them to push against biases based on ‘written’ accents.” “This approach challenges the familiar dogma that writing instruction should limit emphasis on grammar/sentence-level issues so as to not put students from multilingual, non-standard ‘academic’ English backgrounds at a disadvantage,” Walkowitz said. The curriculum puts an emphasis on the variability of the English language instead of accuracy. The “critical grammar” approach challenges the standard academic form of the English language in favor of a more inclusive writing experience. Grammar is rather boring, so the department is going to sex it up with all sorts of fascinating additions.

The English Department at Rutgers University has declared that proper use of grammar is a hidden form of racism because it disadvantages students of “multilingual, non-standard ‘academic’ English backgrounds.”

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