Slang: A Cloak of Invisibility and Unity for Subcultures

by Sherry Umlah Slang is like a “black cat bone” to a subcultural group.  Although many people superstitiously believe that black cats are unlucky, African American hoodoo practitioners believe that every black cat has a single magical bone in its body that grants the power of invisibility to its human possessor.  Slang, like a “black […]