In the article, “God Don’t Never Change”, Geneva Smitherman discusses
racism in writing. She believes that white grammar and black grammar differs,
and how black people write should be considered as a separate style. Because of
that black people should not be graded incorrectly because grammar.
Smitherman’s article can be related to Gee, Wardel, Flynn and
many others. I believe what they have most in common is how someone’s identity
shapes the way they write and how they are viewed to others. They also both
cover that how someone is brought up, has a huge influence on their writing.
QD:
2. Smitherman uses Black Idiom rhetorically by providing
many different examples of Black English throughout her article.
3. I believe that language supplies power for many different
races and classes because how you speak reflects your character and personality
and being knowledgeable can bring power.
I personally didn’t like this article. I thought that it wasn’t
well supported, I personally don’t believe in white and black’s having separate
and specific uses of language.
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