“There are very few people at school that I can talk to in a normal way,” Davis said.“But having a community on campus who speak as I do erases a layer of stress o theconversation and makes me feel at home.”
I am glad that there are people who bring communities together who deals with similar issues. It's important to work together and especially if it affects peoples mental state.
“Sometimes it’s hard to separate myself from the person I’m expected to be,” Cooksaid. “Coming home at the end of the day feels like taking o a costume
What I just read makes me wonder about the future because I hope that every can be more open-minded and accepting of people so they wouldn't have to put on a mask and I hope that people will bring more awareness so people can be comfortable expressing themselves.
that can mean dealing with a constant internal monologue telling Blackstudents they are not smart enough — or white enough — to t in or thrive inuniversity.
What I just read makes me think about the video I watched about how they wanted to teach children to code-switch but fear that they might feel devalued because of speaking Black English.
“Code-switching can cause people to not be fully present in the moment because theyare monitoring every word that comes out of their mouth,”
What I just read makes me think about how people have different personas when it comes to different people or situations. It's like how we have different personalities for different people too that also includes authorities. It can also be an image we have to keep up with. For example code-switching would be to present themselves as professional. It must be exhausting to fake it in a way and it would be nice if we can be free to be ourselves without conforming to what society thinks of how we are supposed to be.
Not only must Black students read and write in a di erent dialectto perform well in class, they must do so to be accepted by white peers and authority gures.
What I just read reminds me of the the articles we read for our first essay because they talk about how they had to adapt to Standard American English.