One similarity that can be found in all my works so far is the presence of inequality and racism that is so often follows the use of AAVE. In the final project I will attempt to create a number of situations similar to the ones that we have discussed in class that will also share this common theme. The assignment calls for us to create four separate parts to complete this project, and I have a number of ideas for how I should go about accomplishing this.
The First portion I would like to create would be to create a mock interview of a person who uses AAVE in this setting. In a number of the works that we read this year we have seen how the use of AAVE in the professional field has been greatly discriminated. I will attempt to show how the employer reacts to the use of AAVE in the interview.
Secondly I will try to look at a piece written using AAVE in the classroom and how the teacher has received and graded it. During research for our last project I came across a significant amount of examples where work was unfairly graded because of the use of AAVE. In many of these cases there were greater faults recorded by the teacher than the student’s paper actually deserved.
For the third portion I want to create a fake AIM conversation between two users of AAVE and discuss how they feel they are received. Research from the last paper has show evidence that most speakers of the language feel that they are unfairly judged and classified by their use of AAVE regardless of how intelligent they truly are.
For the final portion I want to take a look at lyrics from a number of songs that use AAVE and discuss how they allow the stereotypes to be continued. By looking at a number of popular Hip-hop songs I can easily find some strong examples to support my case. I think that this section should be the easiest to complete for me out of the four sections.
I’m not sure if a conclusion is necessary after we complete our four sections, but if so then I will go back and make my thesis statement again. If there is a conclusion piece required I will have to look into the guidelines that are set for it.
