Sociolinguists have been primarily interested in the achievements of an ethnic minority by examining the role of language towards their success or failure. Linguistic style has increasingly been explored under the sociolinguistic identity study. Traditionally, it was understood within the sociolinguistic framework as a unidimensional continuum between vernacular and self-monitoring standards of the speaker. Recently, linguists have perceived style as a multidimensional collection of language among other semiotic practices. Currently, Whites increasingly consider White racism as a thing of the past, whereas people of color continuously recognize it calling for anti-racist campaigns. Such reports are believed to have been understated on the impact of White supremacy in the lives of the minority (Hill, 2008). Jane Hill analyzes how everyday language can expose the underlying racial discriminations that continue in American society. This paper highlights how people use indexing in creating a unique style or language code, and the consequences of the choices made.
Even though American institutions and workplaces increasingly become integrated, racist stereotypes continue to exist. For instance, only a few people of color have White friends, depicting the constant isolating (Hill, 2008). Such segregation makes it easy for Whites to contest claims of the ethnic minority of playing the race card. White isolation has been used as a unique way of communicating and continuing with racism. On the other hand, Hill (2008) added that Whites do not experience any form of bias or distraction for doing things that are aligned towards the minority, such as ordering an Indian meal from a restaurant. The conservations of Whites with their families and friends do not receive any form of interruption by strangers compelling them to speak English as they are in the US (Hill, 2008). Such consideration shows a remarkable level of assimilation of the ethnic minorities by the Whites who maintain a great sense of pride in their ethnicity.
Interpreting the daily events of discrimination in the US can only show the possible threat of multiculturalism and the growth of assimilation among people of color. The Blacks, Natives, among other ethnic groups are conditioned to change the structure of their language to embrace the superiority of the Whites. For example, Hill (2008) indicated that a person cannot succeed in seducing a White if they confess that they had always wanted to hook with a beautiful Asian lady. More so, the Whites rarely converse with persons of color, where they are likely to encounter such talks. Such preconditioning indicates that the consistent picture of growing inequalities in the American population that are less represented.
Consequently, the Whites counteract racial discrimination claims by arguing that they do not anything owe to their race. However, their unique style of accumulation favors them while disintegration disadvantages people of color. In their conversations, Whites refute the ideas that minorities in America encounter challenges due to their ethnicity despite the presence of vivid evidence on the gross disparities in economic, social, and health sectors. The renunciation of the consistent inequalities in the US to be racial is a sign of the continued ethnic pride among the Whites or White Supremacy. Moreover, Whites contest that the findings of the existing inequalities are based on people of color who suffer. Such language style is used by the Whites to discredit the contribution of the minority while promoting their assimilation to Whiteness.
Reference
Hill, J. H. (2008). The everyday language of white racism. John Willey & Sons.