Applying J.L. Austin: A Black Speech ACT Workbook

What are early elements or features of your relationship to the idea of Blackness vis-à-vis your self-identification do you recall in language? How did/do you negotiate it through language? (Could be to yourself, and/or to others)

In this context, did you feel like an outsider or an insider? What mitigated this feeling, if anything? Consider the following points:

• Would there be anything that you would’ve done/said differently?
• Would this change make everyone feel better or only you/a few?

No judgment, only to get a deeper understanding of the situation. This is to more fully understand the total speech environment.