A.   Martin argues that people of color need to be taught how to speak standard English so that they will not experience discrimination for their speech.

B.   Martin explains that people often judge others who speak non-standard dialects, especially if they do not sound white, and this has significant negative effects on areas such as education, housing, and criminal justice.

C.   According to Martin, linguistic prejudice is a myth, and people need to stop making excuses for speaking English incorrectly.

D.   According to Martin, there is significant linguistic prejudice against Black speakers, but it is impossible to give scientific evidence for it.

A.   A mixture of English and words from other languages.

B.   Ungrammatical English spoken by uneducated people.

C.   English spoken with a foreign accent by immigrants.

D.   A dialect of English spoken by some Black Americans.

A.   Dialects that use double negatives are illogical.

B.   British English is better than American English because it is older.

C.   AAVE is incorrect because it does not have grammatical rules.

D.   No dialect is better or worse than another, even though people tend to have prejudiced attitudes about different dialects.

A.   The students performed better when they saw a photo of a lecturer whose race was the same as theirs.

B.   The photo had no effect on their comprehension of the lecture, because the audio was the same.

C.   The students rated the lecture as less comprehensible when they saw a photo of a Chinese woman.

D.   The students had difficulty understanding one recording because the lecturer had a strong Chinese accent.

A.   Linguistic prejudice is mostly unconscious, and is reinforced by the educational system.

B.   People have linguistic prejudice because of politicians who make derogatory comments about immigrants.

C.   Linguistic prejudice is very uncommon today because our school system teaches children not to judge each other by skin color.

D.   People who have linguistic prejudice are hateful racists.