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Well, it still only applies... Legolas Send a noteboard - 12/01/2010 10:24:08 PM
1: "AAE is bad English and people shouldn't speak it". This is what I assumed MightyYT meant, due to his abrupt wording. If I've misunderstood him, I hope he'll correct me. However, if this is what he meant, I stand by my comments: it is racism, pure and simple, even though most of the people who say it wouldn't consider themselves racists.

if he feels that way only about AAE, and not about more "white" sociolects with low prestige. And even if he does, it would be a prejudice against a cultural community more than against an actual race - not all black Americans speak AAE, and black foreigners obviously don't at all. Of course, if we're gonna go down that route, you could probably dismiss 80% or more of "racist" views or statements as not being strictly based on race, leaving only actual white supremacists as genuine racists.
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So what EXACTLY is the problem with Reid's comments? - 12/01/2010 04:11:56 AM 1085 Views
it wasn't just that he commented on the lack of "dialect" - 12/01/2010 04:16:27 AM 762 Views
Regardless of that, I don't see the ability to use dialect as a racist statement. - 12/01/2010 04:32:07 AM 717 Views
I agree - 12/01/2010 04:36:23 AM 715 Views
That's what I was thinking... - 12/01/2010 08:52:32 AM 737 Views
when was the last time you heard a white person speaking ebonics? - 12/01/2010 01:41:24 PM 720 Views
A week or so ago. - 12/01/2010 08:09:09 PM 669 Views
About a day for me. - 12/01/2010 10:33:40 PM 735 Views
Yeah, I'm back in Boston now, so... - 13/01/2010 03:33:38 AM 618 Views
Isn't that the definition of a wigger? A white person who speaks/acts like a black person? - 12/01/2010 09:49:34 PM 694 Views
So black person = N****r? Reid's looking better and better. *NM* - 12/01/2010 10:34:37 PM 323 Views
You know Tim isn't saying that. - 12/01/2010 10:43:43 PM 684 Views
Um, what? - 13/01/2010 06:55:21 AM 676 Views
And the fact that Wigger = White N****r isn't racist at all! *NM* - 12/01/2010 10:33:04 PM 351 Views
I wasn't using the term seriously 9_9 - 13/01/2010 04:26:20 AM 646 Views
The problem is he's a politician - 12/01/2010 04:35:51 AM 759 Views
because that would solve our problems. *NM* - 12/01/2010 04:37:18 AM 313 Views
You know, what IS a good term for black people these days? - 12/01/2010 04:36:33 AM 755 Views
technically... - 12/01/2010 04:39:51 AM 730 Views
i know, right? *NM* - 12/01/2010 06:11:33 AM 318 Views
I just use "black" - 12/01/2010 02:27:16 PM 647 Views
yah, that's what i typically do... - 12/01/2010 02:28:39 PM 718 Views
I agree. Say what you mean. - 12/01/2010 10:03:37 PM 700 Views
How many "black" people do you know that are truely black? - 13/01/2010 05:10:44 AM 642 Views
how many white people do you know are WHITE? *NM* - 13/01/2010 05:26:36 AM 298 Views
Why is it OK to discriminate on the grounds of language but not race? - 12/01/2010 08:23:21 AM 836 Views
Please tell me you were joking... *NM* - 12/01/2010 01:29:37 PM 292 Views
Not in the least. I thought you knew me better than that. - 12/01/2010 09:44:59 PM 648 Views
Ah! You were looking for an active rebuttal - 13/01/2010 01:48:20 PM 636 Views
It is okay to discriminate based on language... - 12/01/2010 01:40:18 PM 731 Views
Your AAE is a language the way that Pig Latin is a language. - 12/01/2010 06:38:35 PM 680 Views
I don't even know where to begin. - 12/01/2010 09:43:21 PM 756 Views
That third point is going a bit far. - 12/01/2010 10:06:08 PM 722 Views
You're right, I was conflating two separate points. - 12/01/2010 10:14:48 PM 661 Views
Well, it still only applies... - 12/01/2010 10:24:08 PM 811 Views
That it was a stupid thing to say? - 12/01/2010 09:49:05 AM 732 Views
this. *NM* - 12/01/2010 01:07:46 PM 317 Views
Who seriously uses the term "Negro dialect" anymore? - 13/01/2010 02:00:15 AM 652 Views
the subject is race. and party lines. - 13/01/2010 05:27:39 AM 630 Views
Powell, Rice and Steele. Just food for thought. *NM* - 13/01/2010 08:12:18 PM 376 Views

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