Week 12 Blog Post 9

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 One question sticks out to me for the youth in action website. I notice that there is a section that says "Programs" on the bottom left and a sub section that says "In school". It mentions the youth in action program has a partnership with the Providence public schools and addresses issues of equity, talks about advocates for a positive change, and the dismantlement of oppression. My question is why is this only applied to Central Highschool? Why is Central Highschool the main school of this program? I do not see a list of other public schools and it makes me curious. I agree with the programs and support the idea of positive change and I am always in support of positive reinforcement. 

For the TED talk, I learned about linguistic identity. I understand generally that there are many forms of identity but until I viewed this TED talk, I never thought about the linguistic perspective. I also have a question for the video as well. My question refers to the McDonalds example she used in the video. Why is it not an issue for a major company like McDonald to use the phrase "Im Lovin it" but the same phrase would be looked as a problem or incorrect for a school assignment? I understand that there is a traditional American way of speaking, reading and writing, but everyone comes from different upbringings and backgrounds. I have noticed that throughout my lifetime while attending public schools, teachers would claim that we were lucky to be in such diverse environment but now thinking back, I disagree with that statement. If a student is unable to speak, read, or write traditional English, they will be doomed to failure.  

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  1. LesleyDecember 24, 2020 at 11:10 AM

    I really like the issue that you raise in the second half of this post, Angel. What is diversity if a person's language is not even valued?

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