Chief Elder Osiris : Bill Cosby, "Poor Blacks Can't Speak English.

[jamesfrmphilly]

reminds me of Orwell's book "animal farm"
after the pigs led the revolution you couldn't tell the difference between the pigs and the overseers.

 

[Keita Kenyatta]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[bienamor]

If so how do you explain.

Fact # 3. What we call Ebonics is actually the remnants of our "Mother Tongue" (which we forgot) trying to over-ride or interfere with the imposed language we now speak. The syntax of how we say certain words is a genetic factor beyond our control. An example of this is in words like "this, that, ask, going, and many many other words.

Why is this ? Because in the African language group there does not exist prefixes like "TH" in the word "this or that", so instead we say "dis or dat". There are no suffixes like "ING", so instead of pronouncing a word like "going", we would naturally pronounce it "gowen" or sayen instead of saying". Therefore what we call Ebonics is sumthin (something)we should all be proud of and embrace as the cultural over-ride that it is.

If this is the case how do you expain black folk speaking other languages than english properly? for example french, spanish, german, english(british style). Can this also be used to define the difference between regional accents? for example the bronx vs west texas, or castilian vs andalusia dialects?


genetic

adj 1: tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features" [syn: familial, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible] 2: of or relating to or produced by or being a gene; "genic combinations"; "genetic code" [syn: genic] 3: of or relating to the science of genetics; "genetic research" [syn: genetical]

Unless its something to do with a speach impediment. or inability to form certain sounds. Which would still not explain the usage of other languages, why only american english????

 

[HODEE]

Speaking Ebonics, broken English or as it is said. Properly speaking English. May not be what is needed to help us in America today. For us to really prosper. We must speak another language. after slavery, even as we pulled away. They fought hard to keep us. They need us but wont act right. They need us more than we need them. In every war, we saved their buttsss. They need is more. But they need to try and keep all to their goods, and wealth they are wrong, evil and selfish, because when depend on someone, you need someone. You should share at least equally. In the bounty of efforts.

Speak Not English. Lets learn and speak Creole.
In order to free ourselves immediately from the oppressor, he must be unaware. On the outside and unable to quickly grasp what is being said.

Hispanics aren't respected because they work hard. Chinese or Vietnamese and the Asian Indians aren't either. They get ahead, because most of the time whites don't understand them, and work hard to do so based solely many times on the fact they don't speak the oppressors tongue.

I have worked with whites that said to me. They hated Asians, and Hispanics. yet worked extra hard to support them with jobs, and treating them with some caution. because there was a barrier that white oppressors fear. being on the outside, and not having understanding and control.

 

[SouthsideIrish]

I have the utmost respect for the Hispanics and their work ethic. Most whites I know do as well.