- The Speaker is called Ta-Nehisi Coates, and he is an African American. We also know that in the article it says that he has 6 brothers and sister.
- Coates is trying to tell us the word “nigger” used in our society. He is trying to bring this up because there are some white people who say the word, but they are not allowed to. Furthermore a Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver called a black security guard N word.
- He is talking to the NFL,NBA, and MLB players and our american society. In the article he says ” Tony Kornheiser called on the commissioners of the National Football League, the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball to ban their players from publicly using the word.”
- Coates is trying to accomplish that the word used takes on meaning from context and relationship. People can’t just say the “n” word whoever they want to, but only black people when they say the word to each other because of the relationship to each other.
- The tone of the essay is straightforward. Coates is trying to tell why only black people should use the word, and tells us examples why it would be ridiculous if they want these people to stop saying it.
- I Agree with Coates, because just as he said the word only should be used between them because the context and relationship matters when one speaks to each other.
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Language and Identity
