Yeah, this was quite a revelation to me when I realized it. I have a bias towards this dialect and an instinctive bias against, say, AAVE since it sounds "uneducated". I've been trying to correct this, thinking about how, say, British English sounds different and has different grammar but I don't think any less of it or its speakers.
Does anyone have links to great videos of educated, intelligent discussion in typically looked down-upon accents (e.g., AAVE, deep south, etc)? For instance, I read once that the Queens accent was stigmatized until Feynman became so popular. When I hear videos of him, I notice his distinct speech, but it sounds "smart" because Feynman speaks it!
Does anyone have links to great videos of educated, intelligent discussion in typically looked down-upon accents (e.g., AAVE, deep south, etc)? For instance, I read once that the Queens accent was stigmatized until Feynman became so popular. When I hear videos of him, I notice his distinct speech, but it sounds "smart" because Feynman speaks it!