Research Paper on:
Oppression and Language Skills

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part of the majority, that people who do not speak fluent English, or even those who speak good English but have an accent, are less intelligent and thereby in a  social position where they are oppressed for one reason or another. The English language has become a very powerful condition which rules how people treat others. In the following paper  we examine how people who speak less than perfect English, especially those in Southern California, are likely to be oppressed through a variety of circumstances. Language and Oppression  To begin with we can generally understand how those individuals who do not speak perfect English, or even those who speak very good English but possess a very powerful accent,  primarily lets say a Mexican/Spanish accent, will find opportunities incredibly limited. For example, in Southern California people who are bilingual, speaking English and Spanish, though possessing a very powerful accent,  or even a slight accent, will immediately be pegged as ignorant about society and unintelligent or uneducated. This reflects on the types of jobs they can obtain, the amount of  attention they receive in the educational institution, where they can live, and how people react in every day situations. This particular writer grew up approximately 150 miles north of  Los Angeles, and lived in the region for at least a decade as an adult. In this region there are numerous field workers, many of whom do not speak very  good English. In terms of every day life they were often ignored and if they were offered a job it was a job that involved nothing more than menial labor.  They were limited in terms of where they could live and their children were often ridiculed for their lack of skills in the English language. This applied to the Hispanic