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that include masculinity, writing studies, and also performance studies. Young is the co-author of many books and multiple articles about black studies and the importance of code-meshing. Young has taught at multiple universities, teaching Black studies, English language and literature,
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in which he discusses how black men have to give up their masculinity and way of speech to sound and act whiter to get an education. In his 2018 book
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is a scholar in black studies, English language and writing, and communications. He specializes in three specific areas in
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Young, Vershawn Ashanti; Barrett, Rusty; Young-Rivera, Y'Shanda; Lovejoy, Kim Brian (2013).
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The Routledge Reader of African American Rhetoric: The Longue Duree of Black Voices
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Other People's English: Code-Meshing, Code-Switching, and African American Literacy
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to see what performances they needed to do to be as successful as they had become.
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Oberon Garcia, Clare; Young, Vershawn Ashanti; Pimente, Charise, eds. (2014).
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This Ain’t Yesterday’s Literacy: Culture and Education After George Floyd
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Performing Antiracist Pedagogy in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication
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Young, Vershawn Ashanti; Robinson, Michelle Bachelor, eds. (2018).
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A researcher of language and performance born to a single parent.
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Your Average Nigga: Performing Race, Literacy, and Masculinity
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Young, Vershawn Ashanti; Tsemo, Bridget Harris, eds. (2011).
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Code-Meshing as World English: Pedagogy, Policy, Performance
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From Bourgeois to Boojie: Black Middle-Class Performances
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Young, Vershawn Ashanti; Martinez, Aja Y., eds. (2011).
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Godfrey, Mollie; Young, Vershawn Ashanti, eds. (2018).
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Condon, Frankie; Young, Vershawn Ashanti, eds. (2016).
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