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STUDENT: So my
perspectives about language

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have changed significantly
over the course of this class.

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I think in awakening
me and making

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me acknowledge biases and
perceptions that I had

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and trying to recognize that
all languages are equal.

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You know, and thinking about
other aspects of my life

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where, you know, wanting as
a minority woman of color,

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thinking of equality
in that terms

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that I never thought to
apply it to language.

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I never really considered
how important language

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is as far as identity.

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You know, we learned a lot
about how, in this class,

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language is not just--

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there are political, social,
and economic implications.

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And so, I feel like this class
has changed my perspective

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in making me aware
of those things

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and realizing that language
is important and that, yeah,

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that all languages are equal.