In sweet summer Bebe demonstrated her life as African American girl. Ever since her father died from a car accident she's been living with her mother. The mother was really hard on her because after all the discrimination they used to say about black people, she was not going to let her daughter act certain ways. She wanted daughter to have the same education that the white kids had. Bebe couldn't even talk without using proper words because her mom would look at her like she crazy. However she was really comfortable with her mother. They use to talk about having a boyfriend and being sexually active. Bebe also a loving grandmother who gave advice when ever she wasn't feeling good about something. Bebe also looked up to her grandma. Although she didn't want to be alive at seventy nine she looked forward to have her strong will and to act just like her. As she was describing what her grandma does she realized that her father was the same exact way. As she kept on thinking about her father she figured that she was missing him the more she talked about him.
Favorite quote so far: "That'sa Negro colloquialism. Totally incorrect. They'll think you're dumb if you talk like that " (Cambell 2)
you need to comment on the quotation, especially as it nicely connects with our class conversation about dialect
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