When it comes to code meshing this is the type of writing/speech that Young uses in his article. Bilingual people will speak their native language at home but speak standard English in public when at work, school, etc. I would say that for most people we all participate in code-switching which is when at school or work one speaks standard English, but when at home they use their specific language or dialect. In Young’s article, he talks about code meshing and code-switching. It’s almost like we are trained by society to have this unconscious filter that stops us from speaking our minds. I think this is something that happens to everyone. There’s an unconscious filter I have that stops me from saying certain things to people that I consider to be impolite, or not socially acceptable to say. It’s something I don’t even have to think about. I find that I talk differently to my friends than I do to my professors or my parents. The idea of standard English is something that has never really been taught to me during my education and it is something that is so prominent in society today. After reading Young’s article, “Should Writers Use They Own English?” I have found myself becoming more aware of the linguistic prejudice Young writes about.
Being so privileged to have higher education and families who support us makes it easy to overlook underlying bias and prejudice in our society.
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