Sociolinguistic Artifacts

This video is a stand-up comedy act about an experience in a nail salon. Johnson’s voice changes as she impersonates a nail technician. Although she is using it as a joke, Johnson stereotypes Vietnamese nail salon workers to be both pushy but also unaware. In watching the video, it is easy to think that the workers are uneducated because it seems as though they don't understand English, but there is no effort being done on the customers side to really communicate in their language. Here, English is being depicted as a more educated language, creating stigma for the women working.