Welcome!

I’m a sociolinguist who specializes in African American Language and especially among people with one black parent and one white parent. I was inspired to start this blog after reading Shamira Ibrahim’s piece called The Real Housewives of Potomac and the Tragic Mulatto Syndrome, which also inspired the title of this blog. 

I hope to be blogging each week (briefly) about the racial and linguistic issues that arise in RHOP throughout the season.