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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 1216 Views
it wasn't just that he commented on the lack of "dialect" - 12/01/2010 04:16:27 AM 887 Views
Regardless of that, I don't see the ability to use dialect as a racist statement. - 12/01/2010 04:32:07 AM 826 Views
I agree - 12/01/2010 04:36:23 AM 849 Views
That's what I was thinking... - 12/01/2010 08:52:32 AM 859 Views
when was the last time you heard a white person speaking ebonics? - 12/01/2010 01:41:24 PM 846 Views
A week or so ago. - 12/01/2010 08:09:09 PM 790 Views
About a day for me. - 12/01/2010 10:33:40 PM 860 Views
Yeah, I'm back in Boston now, so... - 13/01/2010 03:33:38 AM 740 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 816 Views
So black person = N****r? Reid's looking better and better. *NM* - 12/01/2010 10:34:37 PM 392 Views
You know Tim isn't saying that. - 12/01/2010 10:43:43 PM 813 Views
Um, what? - 13/01/2010 06:55:21 AM 795 Views
And the fact that Wigger = White N****r isn't racist at all! *NM* - 12/01/2010 10:33:04 PM 414 Views
I wasn't using the term seriously 9_9 - 13/01/2010 04:26:20 AM 783 Views
The problem is he's a politician - 12/01/2010 04:35:51 AM 882 Views
because that would solve our problems. *NM* - 12/01/2010 04:37:18 AM 374 Views
You know, what IS a good term for black people these days? - 12/01/2010 04:36:33 AM 892 Views
technically... - 12/01/2010 04:39:51 AM 855 Views
i know, right? *NM* - 12/01/2010 06:11:33 AM 387 Views
I just use "black" - 12/01/2010 02:27:16 PM 769 Views
yah, that's what i typically do... - 12/01/2010 02:28:39 PM 849 Views
I agree. Say what you mean. - 12/01/2010 10:03:37 PM 828 Views
How many "black" people do you know that are truely black? - 13/01/2010 05:10:44 AM 763 Views
how many white people do you know are WHITE? *NM* - 13/01/2010 05:26:36 AM 361 Views
Why is it OK to discriminate on the grounds of language but not race? - 12/01/2010 08:23:21 AM 988 Views
Please tell me you were joking... *NM* - 12/01/2010 01:29:37 PM 358 Views
Not in the least. I thought you knew me better than that. - 12/01/2010 09:44:59 PM 766 Views
Ah! You were looking for an active rebuttal - 13/01/2010 01:48:20 PM 766 Views
It is okay to discriminate based on language... - 12/01/2010 01:40:18 PM 845 Views
Your AAE is a language the way that Pig Latin is a language. - 12/01/2010 06:38:35 PM 801 Views
I don't even know where to begin. - 12/01/2010 09:43:21 PM 891 Views
That third point is going a bit far. - 12/01/2010 10:06:08 PM 860 Views
You're right, I was conflating two separate points. - 12/01/2010 10:14:48 PM 786 Views
Well, it still only applies... - 12/01/2010 10:24:08 PM 930 Views
That it was a stupid thing to say? - 12/01/2010 09:49:05 AM 855 Views
this. *NM* - 12/01/2010 01:07:46 PM 389 Views
Who seriously uses the term "Negro dialect" anymore? - 13/01/2010 02:00:15 AM 770 Views
the subject is race. and party lines. - 13/01/2010 05:27:39 AM 758 Views
Powell, Rice and Steele. Just food for thought. *NM* - 13/01/2010 08:12:18 PM 434 Views

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