Teaching Children Acceptance
Teaching children merely acceptance of the minority dialect without teaching the language of power to minorities still puts minority students at a disadvantage. Even if the people of the majority theoretically accept the value of the minority dialect, they may not understand the dialect and culture of that language, nor may they feel the need to change their way of thinking about it because they can still be successful in the workplace. In addition, not everyone will agree with the value of the minority language. The minority students might face many non-acceptance attitudes, as it is possible that the majority would not consciously make an effort to change. Also, dialect varies from area to area; a person who moves across country may be at a disadvantage in the workplace without knowing the language of power.
posted by Jewels @ 9:07 PM
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3 Comments:
Acceptance should simply be a part of our culture. Ideally, this notion should be understood without formal education.
I think that all educated persons should have had the ability to master their language in the classroom. Education includes high school.
I completely agree that although people sometimes say that they accept minorities and their languages, they in fact do not. I think as our society progresses, acceptance will be more and more commonplace.
It should be noted that even if a student goes to all the trouble of learning the language of power, they still might never see any of that power. Discrimination isn't limited to language and while it definitely helps in an interview or workplace setting, it doesn't by any means guarantee the interviewer will be able to see past the skin color and see the mastery of the gerund, or the sentence patterns.
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