"They" Is a Fine Pronoun, But It Ain't Mine

"They" might be gender neutral, but it's not neutral in itself.by Katie HerzogThe author, at left, as a young butch.
This week the Atlantic published a piece by John McWhorter, a linguist at Columbia who has occasionally inspired controversy for, among other things, arguing that affirmative action should be based on class, not race. This article, his first as a newly minted contributing editor at the Atlantic, is about an issue nearly as hot-button as affirmation action: the singular "they."
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