She also asserts that African Americans are forced to conform to European American society in order to succeed, and that conformity ultimately means the "eradication of black language . . . and the adoption of the linguistic norms of the white middle class."
她还强调，非洲裔美国人为了有所成就，不得不屈从于欧裔美国社会，而这种屈从到达极致就意味着“对黑人语言的根除……以及服从白人中产阶级的语言标准”。