Cultural Difference/Deficit

While watching the videos I got a real sense of how I speak and how I also code switch at times. Also while  watching them I got a good sense of Cultural Deficit and Difference. Though I thought that the Code Switching video hit upon both types, it focused more on how African American English is looked upon as a deficit in succeeding in a professional setting. Business English was a large topic and how speaking African American English would not get you a job defines Deficit. A Deficit is seen as lacking something a person needs to succeed or get a head in life.That you had to speak properly to get ahead. The Fox News video was more Difference and that the children explained that they did not know any better because that was all they heard, and once they learned the "proper" way to speak they knew better. This defines Difference as not knowing or lacking the experience with/of something and being able to learn the difference and adapting.