Si ster tongue by Lisa Kanae explores language in Hawaii and its relationship to cultural Hegemony. Kanae overlays dialogue from her adolescent self who speaks Hawaii pidgin English, pieces of academic writings, and her written literature as an Academic. The story from her past dialogue follows her interaction with, and the development of her brother. Her brother Harold is a “Late Talker” and attends a school for special needs students. Kanae’s final dialogue with her brother in the story reveal her brother Harold completely grew out of his speech impediment. The book draws parallels to how Harold was perceived as a child, and how HPE speakers are perceived by the upper echelons of society. The following short story explores characters who possess varying level of Cultural Capital and how that shapes their interaction with a police officer who pulls them over one after another.…show more content… Her bed was warm, and she felt oddly heavy as if her bed had some sort of magnetic pull on her. Pausing for a moment she abruptly jolted from her bed realizing she had awoken and her alarm clock had not gone off. She checked her phone which read 7:04 and blurted loudly “O SHIT!”. She knew that she was going to be late for work at Morgan Stanley, a finance firm downtown. Her first day after being promoted to Accounting consultant was not off to a good start, “my boss is going to think he made a mistake” she thought to herself. She rushed as she put on her business suit and makeup. Stacey grabbed her thermos from the Keurig in the kitchen and threw on her heels as she rushed out the
