In her article, The Language of Power, bell hooks reflects on the idea of standard English dominating language in the United States. She looks at the way African-Americans lost their unique languages and were forced to speak English. She goes on to talk about a very interesting idea where African-Americans went around creating a unique form of the language that was forced on them. This gave them a sense of identity and allowed to show resistance....
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
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