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Will there be tests on Baltimore street lingo?

Will there be tests on Baltimore street lingo?

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Harvard will offer a course on next year. From The Harvard Crimson:

“‘The Wire’ has done more to enhance our understanding of the systemic urban inequality that constrains the lives of the poor than any published study” Sociology Professor William J. Wilson said.

African American studies chair Professor Evelyn B. Higginbotham said that there would be a new course in which Wilson will use “The Wire” as a case study for poverty in America.

What do you think about this class? I know there are some who would criticize it as a semester of watching TV, but I disagree. If I were still in , I would jump at the chance to take a class like this. A show like The Wire is just begging for classroom-based context and analysis. The study of pop culture definitely has a place in academia–though you won’t see me arguing for a course on Jon & Kate any time soon.

HT: Double X.