Pro-diversity folks, especially in the humanities, did pick it up. There are several trends you can observe in popular literature on linguistics for general pub

Pro-diversity folks, especially in the humanities, did pick it up. There are several trends you can observe in popular literature on linguistics for general public. One, you will see linguists express regret that languages are dying out, and argue that diversity of languages is a general good (see e.g. Language Death by David Crystal). Another, you will hear linguists argue against the dismissive attitude towards regional dialects, and for a more permissive attitude towards the norm. The BBC admitted more and more announcers with regional accents; and in 2017, it launched an online news service in West African Pidgin English.