Essay Problem
• Think about a social issue that is impacted by linguistic inequality, find evidence for it in the form of a news article or academic paper. (A news article is an article from a media source like a newspaper or magazine such as the New York Times, FOX, The Washington Post, VICE, etc. that addresses a current event. It does not include sources like Wikipedia, eHow, dictionaries, or other information websites.)
• Write a 300 word essay that answers the following questions:
o What is human language? From an anthropological perspective, are some languages or dialects better than others?
o What are language inequality and language ideologies and where do they come from?
o What is an example of language inequality or language ideologies and what evidence is available to show it exists?
o Discuss with details and tie the findings in the article to what you learned.
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.