bilingualism check
My note page: (the red circle is what is relevant to this blog post) "Dike, I mechago?" Ifemelu asked. Please don't speak Igbo to him," Aunt Uju said. "Two languages will confuse him." "What are you talking about, Aunty? We spoke two languages growing up." "This is America. It's different." Context Note: Ifemelu is the main character, who just immigrated to the US from Nigeria, where they speak the tribal Nigerian language Igbo. Dike is her 6 year old cousin. - Americanah, Page 134 Excerpt "This is America. Speak English." Ah yes, this is indeed one of the classic favorite phrases of a racist. And while I've never had this said to me, I still view this phrase with a bit of a bittersweet feeling. Because the truth is, I do speak English. I speak English and that's about it. Well, technically I put that I speak "Conversational Chinese" on my resume (wh...
