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You're guessing at people's motives and making what appear to be broad, unsupported assertions Isaac Send a noteboard - 12/01/2010 11:04:47 PM
It is entirely possible that someone who thinks AAE is bad english just happens to be wrong because they don't know or get the specific details. If this is some easy issue everyone should be able to grasp, then why do they hand out degrees in linguistics? Your assuming racism is automatically the reason for people having that opinion is like me calling people Luddites when they object to demoting Pluto from planetary status. It wouldn't matter if 99% of Luddites agreed with them either, doesn't automatically make them one. Same, being racist probably inclines people to think AAE is bad english, does not mean people who concur are also racist. That's a heck of an insult to be chucking around at people. I would say the vast majority of people simply don't understand the debate at all, so their personality, if any blanket statement can be made, is probably less likely to be racist' as it is 'know it all who insists on having opinions about stuff they lack more than a smattering of info about'.
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So what EXACTLY is the problem with Reid's comments? - 12/01/2010 04:11:56 AM 1127 Views
it wasn't just that he commented on the lack of "dialect" - 12/01/2010 04:16:27 AM 795 Views
Regardless of that, I don't see the ability to use dialect as a racist statement. - 12/01/2010 04:32:07 AM 748 Views
I agree - 12/01/2010 04:36:23 AM 766 Views
That's what I was thinking... - 12/01/2010 08:52:32 AM 774 Views
when was the last time you heard a white person speaking ebonics? - 12/01/2010 01:41:24 PM 757 Views
A week or so ago. - 12/01/2010 08:09:09 PM 708 Views
About a day for me. - 12/01/2010 10:33:40 PM 774 Views
Yeah, I'm back in Boston now, so... - 13/01/2010 03:33:38 AM 655 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 729 Views
So black person = N****r? Reid's looking better and better. *NM* - 12/01/2010 10:34:37 PM 342 Views
You know Tim isn't saying that. - 12/01/2010 10:43:43 PM 724 Views
Um, what? - 13/01/2010 06:55:21 AM 713 Views
And the fact that Wigger = White N****r isn't racist at all! *NM* - 12/01/2010 10:33:04 PM 368 Views
I wasn't using the term seriously 9_9 - 13/01/2010 04:26:20 AM 694 Views
The problem is he's a politician - 12/01/2010 04:35:51 AM 800 Views
because that would solve our problems. *NM* - 12/01/2010 04:37:18 AM 329 Views
You know, what IS a good term for black people these days? - 12/01/2010 04:36:33 AM 797 Views
technically... - 12/01/2010 04:39:51 AM 773 Views
i know, right? *NM* - 12/01/2010 06:11:33 AM 340 Views
I just use "black" - 12/01/2010 02:27:16 PM 686 Views
yah, that's what i typically do... - 12/01/2010 02:28:39 PM 762 Views
I agree. Say what you mean. - 12/01/2010 10:03:37 PM 740 Views
How many "black" people do you know that are truely black? - 13/01/2010 05:10:44 AM 679 Views
how many white people do you know are WHITE? *NM* - 13/01/2010 05:26:36 AM 315 Views
Why is it OK to discriminate on the grounds of language but not race? - 12/01/2010 08:23:21 AM 880 Views
Please tell me you were joking... *NM* - 12/01/2010 01:29:37 PM 306 Views
Not in the least. I thought you knew me better than that. - 12/01/2010 09:44:59 PM 684 Views
Ah! You were looking for an active rebuttal - 13/01/2010 01:48:20 PM 670 Views
It is okay to discriminate based on language... - 12/01/2010 01:40:18 PM 766 Views
Your AAE is a language the way that Pig Latin is a language. - 12/01/2010 06:38:35 PM 715 Views
I don't even know where to begin. - 12/01/2010 09:43:21 PM 803 Views
That third point is going a bit far. - 12/01/2010 10:06:08 PM 767 Views
You're right, I was conflating two separate points. - 12/01/2010 10:14:48 PM 702 Views
Well, it still only applies... - 12/01/2010 10:24:08 PM 848 Views
You ascribe too much intelligence to the average American racist . - 12/01/2010 10:30:39 PM 910 Views
You're guessing at people's motives and making what appear to be broad, unsupported assertions - 12/01/2010 11:04:47 PM 740 Views
I don't mean they're racist in all respects. - 13/01/2010 06:52:20 AM 661 Views
That it was a stupid thing to say? - 12/01/2010 09:49:05 AM 770 Views
this. *NM* - 12/01/2010 01:07:46 PM 335 Views
Who seriously uses the term "Negro dialect" anymore? - 13/01/2010 02:00:15 AM 695 Views
the subject is race. and party lines. - 13/01/2010 05:27:39 AM 673 Views
Powell, Rice and Steele. Just food for thought. *NM* - 13/01/2010 08:12:18 PM 393 Views

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