Literate or Illiterate

I was very interested in the discussions we had in class about literacy. I felt like we made valid points on what we felt about it. However we didn’t speak much about what is illiterate I feel as though that is what defines where literacy ends. For example no disrespect but people such as Gullah-Geechee are said to be illiterate. Many say that they speak a broken English however if you research their way of speaking they were here a long time ago. They actually speak with an African base dialect. I feel like literacy is the ability to read, write and for people to say that they are illiterate is an opinion. Just like people on facebook would you say they are illiterate for typing wat rather than what or r rather than are. It’s the groups’ way of communicating and there are many countries around the world that communicate differently then what grammar says is right. Literacy is very diverse just as well as we are and plays a very important role in our everyday life. Whether we are talking formally or socially. When it comes to literacy I think that there is a large grey area, which is open for discussion. I’m sure somebody else would explain literacy much differently then how I went about it. Is it to say that I am wrong and there definition is right or vice versa. My main thing is literacy is very indistinguishable. Grammar is also and I think that grammar is behind all of the different ways to explain literacy