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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 1032 Views
it wasn't just that he commented on the lack of "dialect" - 12/01/2010 04:16:27 AM 711 Views
Regardless of that, I don't see the ability to use dialect as a racist statement. - 12/01/2010 04:32:07 AM 666 Views
I agree - 12/01/2010 04:36:23 AM 667 Views
That's what I was thinking... - 12/01/2010 08:52:32 AM 682 Views
when was the last time you heard a white person speaking ebonics? - 12/01/2010 01:41:24 PM 679 Views
A week or so ago. - 12/01/2010 08:09:09 PM 614 Views
About a day for me. - 12/01/2010 10:33:40 PM 676 Views
Yeah, I'm back in Boston now, so... - 13/01/2010 03:33:38 AM 572 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 643 Views
So black person = N****r? Reid's looking better and better. *NM* - 12/01/2010 10:34:37 PM 296 Views
You know Tim isn't saying that. - 12/01/2010 10:43:43 PM 633 Views
Um, what? - 13/01/2010 06:55:21 AM 630 Views
And the fact that Wigger = White N****r isn't racist at all! *NM* - 12/01/2010 10:33:04 PM 329 Views
I wasn't using the term seriously 9_9 - 13/01/2010 04:26:20 AM 596 Views
The problem is he's a politician - 12/01/2010 04:35:51 AM 705 Views
because that would solve our problems. *NM* - 12/01/2010 04:37:18 AM 290 Views
You know, what IS a good term for black people these days? - 12/01/2010 04:36:33 AM 707 Views
technically... - 12/01/2010 04:39:51 AM 675 Views
i know, right? *NM* - 12/01/2010 06:11:33 AM 297 Views
I just use "black" - 12/01/2010 02:27:16 PM 602 Views
yah, that's what i typically do... - 12/01/2010 02:28:39 PM 668 Views
I agree. Say what you mean. - 12/01/2010 10:03:37 PM 650 Views
How many "black" people do you know that are truely black? - 13/01/2010 05:10:44 AM 590 Views
how many white people do you know are WHITE? *NM* - 13/01/2010 05:26:36 AM 274 Views
Why is it OK to discriminate on the grounds of language but not race? - 12/01/2010 08:23:21 AM 769 Views
Please tell me you were joking... *NM* - 12/01/2010 01:29:37 PM 269 Views
Not in the least. I thought you knew me better than that. - 12/01/2010 09:44:59 PM 604 Views
Ah! You were looking for an active rebuttal - 13/01/2010 01:48:20 PM 580 Views
It is okay to discriminate based on language... - 12/01/2010 01:40:18 PM 680 Views
Your AAE is a language the way that Pig Latin is a language. - 12/01/2010 06:38:35 PM 631 Views
I don't even know where to begin. - 12/01/2010 09:43:21 PM 706 Views
That third point is going a bit far. - 12/01/2010 10:06:08 PM 665 Views
You're right, I was conflating two separate points. - 12/01/2010 10:14:48 PM 612 Views
Well, it still only applies... - 12/01/2010 10:24:08 PM 761 Views
That it was a stupid thing to say? - 12/01/2010 09:49:05 AM 681 Views
this. *NM* - 12/01/2010 01:07:46 PM 293 Views
Who seriously uses the term "Negro dialect" anymore? - 13/01/2010 02:00:15 AM 595 Views
the subject is race. and party lines. - 13/01/2010 05:27:39 AM 581 Views
Powell, Rice and Steele. Just food for thought. *NM* - 13/01/2010 08:12:18 PM 350 Views

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