Exploring LanguageAddison-Wesley Longman, Incorporated, 1997 - Language Arts & Disciplines |
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... African - American works emotionally to help with issues of identity and self - esteem in the black community . 3. Goodman cites the " confrontational politics " of the civil - rights movement and , by extension , the black - pride ...
... African - American works emotionally to help with issues of identity and self - esteem in the black community . 3. Goodman cites the " confrontational politics " of the civil - rights movement and , by extension , the black - pride ...
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... African languages spoken by black men and women brought to America as slaves . Speech and grammar patterns of black ... black Americans : racial and national . Many blacks feel compelled to push toward white American culture because it ...
... African languages spoken by black men and women brought to America as slaves . Speech and grammar patterns of black ... black Americans : racial and national . Many blacks feel compelled to push toward white American culture because it ...
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... African American , because she has heard the word used frequently by other black speakers . Also , in paragraph 14 , she refers to the way whites use the word " to signify worthlessness or degradation , " which is the impact the word ...
... African American , because she has heard the word used frequently by other black speakers . Also , in paragraph 14 , she refers to the way whites use the word " to signify worthlessness or degradation , " which is the impact the word ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
SOME PERSONAL BEGINNINGS | 8 |
Talking in the New Land | 14 |
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