"Do You Speak American?" A Video Essay

Close your eyes. Picture a stranger in your home city. What do they sound like? Then think other cities. New York, Atlanta, LA, Chicago. What do they sound like? What does an urbanite sound like? What does rural sound like? Digging into the sociology and politics of dialect in film, literature, and most importantly history, let's ask the question of what is dialect and how does it impact our perspective on each other? Works Cited: https://reclamationmagazine.com/2021/...    • What People Get Wrong About African-Americ...      • Fallen Idols : How Black Leaders Fail Us      • David Oyelowo Apologizes Following Backlas...