there are possible social implications to hart and risley's theories of the issue of the language gap in society. the first possible implication is that this language gap is affecting youth's success because they are not exposed to the same amount of vocabulary and literary skill as other kids from middle-upper classes. hart and risely suggest that possible solutions include interventions on how to improve vocab and literary skills for caregivers in low ses. however, the second possible implication of this theory is that it ignores the fact that language and culture are taught differently. in stating other backgrounds cannot be as successful as the dominant groups in society, it reinstates the homogeneity of language, in that it proposes one "true" way of speaking.