ANTH 217 Chapter Notes - Chapter language race and ethnicity : American Anthropologist, African American Vernacular English
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Aspects of racist language the rule-governed nature of african american english ebonic controversy. Living language: an introduction to linguistic anthropology: 214-220. In oakland 1996 when they decided that aae shouldn"t be used in scholarly/ schools? defining race and ethnicity. Aaa (american anthropologist association) could be arguing that race doesn"t exist. Historical aspects: the swedes and the irish were once not considered white. Ethic groups are not a fixed phenomena but are constantly being created and re-created anew. An accent while speaking english can decrease chances of upward mobility aspects of language perceived as bad by white ppl. Is aae more different than other dialects of english. Why african american people do worse on sat- their vernacular language got in the way for the children to understand the questions. So negatively regarded bc of the history of this population being disregarded throughout all of society. Part of the problem of this is hosted in schools.
