Language Project #3 Literature & Language Reaction Paper

LANGUAGE PROJECT #3

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The movie Precious (2009) is set in Harlem in the year 1987 and highlights the experiences of Claireece Precious Jones (Daniels et al., 2009). In the urban setting both standard and African American English are common, and people have different dialects based on their education, race, and class. Among young and urban poor African-Americans living in places like Harlem, the use of the black vernacular is common but unfamiliar to those who use Standard English. The teachers and welfare officials in Precious use Standard English, while blacks who grow up in Harlem mainly speak