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In the article “Confessions of a code-switcher: ‘Talking White’ as an Accent” The author Joshua Adams, identifies and debunks some social misunderstandings, Americans have about the many variations within the English language. Not only does Adams use his personal story to show that language discrimination still pledges today's America, but he also gives detailed examples of how frustrating and problematic subjective generalizations undermines the simple fact that the English language is heavily influenced by location and time. In contrast, the article “ Se habla español” by Tanya Barrientos tackles language discrimination between English and Spanish speaking Americans. Like Adams, Barrientos use her personal account of language inequality in

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