Ernestine Johnson

The video we watched last week of Ernestine Johnson, talking about "The Average Black Girl" was very inspiring. I was touched because many people have the perception of a black girl acting or looking a certain way but she says that the average black girls were the women who changed the nation and fought for their freedom. Johnson brought up a good topic when she said how when women speak proper they are told they sound like a white girl and I never really understood that because by saying that, does that mean all the other races don't speak properly? I think everyone has a certain way of speaking depending on who the conversation is with and where you are at because of course you're not going to talk to your boss the same way you talk to your friends. It's just different when you are talking to a higher authority or someone you don't really know. So to me it isn't that you "sound white" it just simply means that their is a way of talking in different situations.