Is It Racist To 'Call A Spade A Spade'- Sam Schwall 1st period

            I read the article, Is It Racist To 'Call A Spade A Spade’? by Lakshmi Gandhi. The article looks at the possible racist meaning behind the expression ‘to call a spade a spade.” Throughout history this phrase has developed to mean something offensive to our culture. It was strange to see that such a commonly used phrase can have a meaning we aren’t aware of.

            The article was published on NPR.com on September 23^rd and written by an American. Because this article was written by NPR, it may have a more American and liberal bias but this is a very fundamental issue that doesn’t seem easily affected by biases. In the midst of questions over modern day racism this article is very valid, showing the racist history of our country. Gandhi wrote this article to explore the  roots of a phrase and show how something can have a different meaning for an American audience. I believe that the author has an informative tone with the purpose of teaching his readers. I wasn’t aware of this before reading this story. This article is important because of the meaning it has in race to the  modern day U.S.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/09/19/224183763/is-it-racist-to-call-a-spade-a-spade