As you might have gathered from our blog's title, the Code Switch team is kind of obsessed with the ways we speak to each other. Every Monday in "Word Watch," we'll dig into language that tells us ...

WASHINGTON — The trial of George Zimmerman, accused of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, inevitably and quickly devolved into a contest of who is more racist — the victim or the accused? The question ...

Parents and students who saw the recording expressed concern about it. Parents and students in Georgia are dismayed that a white principal used the N-word while comparing it to a slur about white ...

Raiders wide receiver allegedly Antonio Brown called GM Mike Mayock ‘cracker’. Pic credit: Raiders/YouTube Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown reportedly called Raiders general manager Mike ...

Antonio Brown was released by the Oakland Raiders not long after he got into a heated confrontation with Mike Mayock in which he supposedly called the GM a “cracker,” and it turns out that may be a ...

Where does the slur "cracker" come from, anyway? It turns out it's pretty old. Like, Shakespeare old. As you might have gathered from our blog's title, the Code Switch team is kind of obsessed with ...

Parents and students in Georgia are dismayed that a white principal used the N-word while comparing it to a slur about white people, NBC News reports. On Friday, a student at East Forsyth High School ...