In this reflection I think that the guy who's talking kind of had a point. That he doesn't talk like a "white guy who drank his coffee". The man also expressed his feelings and how he feels obligated to change his voice to "fit in" with other people. He said that even his friends don't listen to something because the speaker is equal "too white". I think that in certain situations you need to change your voice for a certain scenario but not to listen to the radio or news is a bit extreme. Don't you think? As part of this blog, I will compare this video to the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In To Kill A Mockingbird Calpurnia, a black maid, took Jem and Scout to her church. Calpurnia talks the way "white people" do when she's around the Finch family. Although when she went to church she talked like the "black people". Calpurnia claims that when you talk more sophisticated around certain people that they get aggravated and think that you are acting better then them. _
In this reflection I think that the guy who's talking kind of had a point. That he doesn't talk like a "white guy who drank his coffee". The man also expressed his feelings and how he feels obligated to change his voice to "fit in" with other people. He said that even his friends don't listen to something because the speaker is equal "too white". I think that in certain situations you need to change your voice for a certain scenario but not to listen to the radio or news is a bit extreme. Don't you think? As part of this blog, I will compare this video to the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In To Kill A Mockingbird Calpurnia, a black maid, took Jem and Scout to her church. Calpurnia talks the way "white people" do when she's around the Finch family. Although when she went to church she talked like the "black people". Calpurnia claims that when you talk more sophisticated around certain people that they get aggravated and think that you are acting better then them. _
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