Jamelle Bouuie Talking White Analysis

In “Talking White”, Jamelle Bouie addresses how white people in society evaluate African-Americans when they speak a certain way. Whether it’s using “proper” English or African American Vernacular English (Ebonics), because of this stereotype on how we should talk, African Americans are put in category of intelligence. He uses the ideas of Jason Riley, a Wall Street Journal columnist, John Ogbu, a professor of anthropology, Ron Christie and Stuart Buck authors, and sociologists Karolyn Tyson, William Darity Jr., and Domini Castellino to connect his thoughts and theories. He also uses a video from Live Leaks about a black woman’s opinions on proper English to tie his whole article together. His point was that this is an example of racial ridiculing and black people shouldn’t let it be a feature of black culture.

After reading Bouie’s Article, I did notice that he quoted many different people who have knowledge and opinions on talking white and the

Experiences are different for every African-American family, but ultimately are handled in similar ways because of culture. As for me education is a big deal in my family. This is largely based on the fact that many members of my family either didn’t go to college or didn’t finish until later in their lives. I was born in Alabama while my mom was in college. My mother and I returned to Seattle when I was six months old. My mom and I moved in with my grandmother for a number of years. Though I didn’t realize it until I was a little older, I watched my mom balance her schedule between two to three jobs and going to school. My mother wanted to have a better life and future not only for me but herself as well. This strong determination led her to put me in private school instead of public school. She believed that public school never gave her the best education possible so she didn’t want me to go through the same