In Patricia Smith article she is saddened by her mother's desire to give up her southern talking ways and speak "north." The author's mother wants to speak what she considers the right way before she dies and no longer sound what she thinks is inferior. By talking like educated white folks she thinks this will unlock all her dreams and make her successful.
The author totally disagrees and laments the loss of her mother's "sweet" way of talking likening it unto buttery cornbread. She also considers this change to be a betrayal of who she really is.
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It is interesting how different people choose different things to define themselves. I have never considered the way that I speak to be a defining characteristic of myself.
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