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to maintain the family tradition into his young son who born here in Louisiana. He worried that as his son start to speak the others in here in Louisiana. His son is ten and some mornings when he leave for school, he always says “Have a good day, y’all.” To maintain their family traditions, he sometimes…

They have hope for their children to have a good and better future than they do. The author points out what the migrant farm workers want for their children, “...y’all go to school so much? My Dad says it’s to prepare us. He says that if someday there’s an opportunity, maybe they’ll give it to us” (Rivera 23) This shows that the older generation would want better things to come out of the kids and have faith and…

This is represented when he says to everyone the following, “Y’all come in here with your hearts bleedin’ all over the floor about slum kids and injustice; you listen to some fairy tales; suddenly you start gettin’ through to some of these old ladies”. This evidence shows that he will not listen to juror eight, even…

“After all this nigga put you threw, he still got yo nose wide open. Don’t you see?” “See what? You beating around the bush bitch what?” “This is yo opportunity to get back at the nigga!” “Okay, I don’t follow.” “Listen, you agree to it right, but instead of being a silent partner you ask for all of his shit. That way you can beat him at his own game. You know everything there is to know about the business thanks to yo dad… Interrupting her in mid-sentence I replied, “Thanks to my dad, I grew…

me would. I also get that my opinion on this issue may be considered biased to some of y’all. That’s alright with me. Anyways I realize my discussion post is really long and if you actually read everything I had to say. Thank you :) I’m willing to keep a open mind on this issue. If you have any opinions on this Supreme Court case, or anything that’s related to this issue in general. I’d love to hear what y’all have to say about…

been called horrible things in public, humiliated and embarrassed in front of several people for wearing everyday clothing. In a recent incident in Noble High School (Oklahoma), a superintendent of the school district asked the student body, “Have y’all seen any skanks around this school?”, humiliating and embarrassing quite a few dress code violators as she pinpointed girls in the audience. Though it was understandable that the dress code violation be brought to their attention, many students…

Daniel was reserved for the first few days but slowly came out of his shell. Every day he would tell me about nightlife in Spain and the school systems. I loved when he talked about the different culture and when he would make fun of me for saying, “Y’all.” The most interesting part was that he was fluent in three different languages. He said being bilingual was common for most Europeans, and the fact that most Americans were not was weird. Seeing a little taste of the Spanish culture opened my…

mannerisms and attributes Disney gave her, she uses Standard English. Although Tiana defies stereotypes by using AAVE it is stripping her of her African American identity. On top of Standard English she still speaks with a southern accent and says y’all, but is still the only African American character to not speak in…

I am pretty sure one of y’all know this.” A small, pale hand rose from the mass of wet, stringy heads. The teacher nodded his broad head toward the child’s direction. “Isn’t that in like in two days? I mean on the 27th?” The teacher gleamed his pearls to the child and reply, “You…

I can’t believe that it’s Tuesday already, well I can, the days are just flying by now. I go outside and all the grass is getting green and the apple trees are in green tip stage. It’s amazing to see the plants wake up out of their dormancy and blossom into something so beautiful. Spring is so mesmerizing, so open your eyes go outside and do things, enjoy the beauty and thank God for the days you are given. I’m not here to talk about the seasons tonight though. Tonight I just want to take some…