I need some help

[wolf]

Originally Posted by grant

... pretty much everyone tries to maintain their cultural identity which language plays a huge part of.

This is a relatively recent viewpoint. I know a lot of people who are VERY proud of their ethnic identity, and don't speak their mother (or father, depending on culture) tongues.

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by wolf

This is a relatively recent viewpoint. I know a lot of people who are VERY proud of their ethnic identity, and don't speak their mother (or father, depending on culture) tongues.

I suppose so. I hadn't really looked back at things very well. I'm not sure where this new trend came about or if it really is a trend that applies to the majority of ethnic groups. (This is one of my complaints about sociology and social science, very little is concrete. Nobody knows anything, it's all hypthetical or anecdotal evidence)

Another strong factor, I believe, is that Ebonics and Spanish speakers tend to remain in, or strongly connected to, a social group who's primary language is not SAE. Latinos tend to stay closely tied to their families in Latin American countries through the Spanish language so it remains important for them to know it. For urban Ebonics speaking blacks, unless they move to a non-Ebonics speaking area and are forced to interact daily & relatively intimately, they will continue to speak Ebonics and pick up rudimentary(hopefully at least) SAE skills. That is if both groups are accepting of the others.

(i'm quite sleep deprived so if none of that made sense, it's either because I'm retarded or not all here right now)