Friday, November 30, 2012

Chapter 14: The Southwest Border Area: Tricultural Development

We so do not talk like this ....


I lived in California my whole life and don't consider myself having a "Valley Girl" accent, however, there are some vocabulary words like "Totally", "Radical" and  "Oh my gosh" that is perceived as part of the "Valley language" whereas in Boston, people say "That's wicked -awesome" meaning cool. Or, in Texas, greeting one another people say, "Hey ya'll" but in this case it is all sterio types.



Wiki explains that "The stereotypical "Valley Girl" speak is actually prevelant among most teenage girls influenced by pop culture all over the USA, and not just limited to the San Fernando Valley. San Fernando Valley residents are diverse with Spanish, Korean, Thai, Armenian, Hebrew, Persian, Russian, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Hindi, and many other languages being common besides English."


Ethnic Diversities


According to blackpast.org, "Today the entire San Fernando Valley, like Los Angeles, is now a “majority-minority” region. Latinas/os roughly comprise a numerical majority at 42.6%, whites are the next largest group with 41.1% of the population; Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders make up 8.7% of the population and African Americans are 4.0%."






*****Must read!
Here is an article to engage more learning about people in San Fernando Valley. Enjoy!

http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2010-01-07/news/gnp-snapshot010710_1_san-fernando-valley-census-bureau-unemployment


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Facts: Based on my living experience.



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