Coinciding with literary works and their applications, English colloquial languages undeniably create a socioeconomic divide in the United States and in the pursuit of the American Dream. Throughout America, several derivatives of English are spoken, but because these sub-languages are not standard or articulate English, they are viewed as subordinate, subpar, sub-American. To be articulate, as poet and activist Jamila Lyiscott explained in her spoken word essay “3 Ways to Speak English,” is to have an “intellectual sounding flow” when speaking. This flow affects how the ethical credibility of a speaker is perceived by an audience, and how the speaker’s walk along the path to the American Dream can easily be set astray. For speakers of colloquialisms
