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#and many sub dialects in different regions just like in english and russian and spanish and every other language
gayvampyr · 2 years
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anyway i will always trust and respect native speakers’ usage of their own language more than anyone who tries to police how others speak, or who deems variations in dialect “incorrect/improper” because it’s different from how they personally speak, especially since the history of language policing is chock full of racism, classism, and xenophobia
#i have a lot of thoughts and feelings about this#like in haiti the majority of not the entire population speaks haitian creole#but after the french colonized the country and established french as the primary language of the region creole has been disregarded and cut#out of schools and academic and government institutions#this has caused a major decline in literacy and writing ability for haitians since they aren’t being taught in a language they speak#many of them feel that creole is an inferior version of french and that it’s a broken language but it isn’t#it has its own rules#it’s own grammar#and many sub dialects in different regions just like in english and russian and spanish and every other language#this internalized idea that it’s inferior though has left native speakers feeling limited in their self expression and their ability to#engage in professional or governmental activities#this has also led to a major poverty gap#linguistic oppression is real. the barriers and tangible results of this bias are real#stop acting like thinking some forms are language are just superior to others is okay or justified#it does real world harm#this also applies to aave and mexican spanish and sign language and every other form of language that is invalidated and stigmatized#if i am a native english speaker then how i speak it is not incorrect#because it’s MY language#my entire understanding of language#how my brain formulates thoughts and makes connections and interacts with the world#was founded on my native tongue#so i don’t need some polished white upper class academic to tell me that i’m using it ‘wrong’
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