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[caroline2088]

“Netspeak” and “Black Talk” have evolved the social language into a form of communication that every citizen is able to express themselves in. While self expression is important in exclaiming one’s identity, the act of forming an identity holds greater importance. The new language that is being formed by “netspeak” and “black talk” is only

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hmmm

[sh0rtz_06]

You make a strong point here, but isn't it ironic that we say that language helps society identify themselves as individuals when we are all following the same hegemony the same society pushes. In other words, we belive that people should act a certain way but that strips us from our own personal identities alltogether. How can someone classify themself as an individual if they are acting like what the rest of us feel is the norms of today? Just wanted to bring up a thought provoking arguement. =)
-Victoria Salomon

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[caroline2088]

The arguement that you are bringing up is what i was argueing also. People forfeit their identities by conforming to those around them for a soicial norm. The ironic part is that people ceated net speak and black talk ( ebonics) to differinciate themselves from the norm, and those who were in social power used their creative uniquness to replace an old norm with a new one. They have to power and influence to do so because they were to social ideals that people mimicked and copied. Doesn't a person first need someone to copy in order to lose their identity? The fact of the matter is that is it not what new opportunities are bron in society, like net speak and black talk, but if people will be able to continue to think critically in order to keep their indiviuality.