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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 1110 Views
it wasn't just that he commented on the lack of "dialect" - 12/01/2010 04:16:27 AM 780 Views
Regardless of that, I don't see the ability to use dialect as a racist statement. - 12/01/2010 04:32:07 AM 731 Views
I agree - 12/01/2010 04:36:23 AM 743 Views
That's what I was thinking... - 12/01/2010 08:52:32 AM 755 Views
when was the last time you heard a white person speaking ebonics? - 12/01/2010 01:41:24 PM 743 Views
A week or so ago. - 12/01/2010 08:09:09 PM 693 Views
About a day for me. - 12/01/2010 10:33:40 PM 756 Views
Yeah, I'm back in Boston now, so... - 13/01/2010 03:33:38 AM 638 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 715 Views
So black person = N****r? Reid's looking better and better. *NM* - 12/01/2010 10:34:37 PM 330 Views
You know Tim isn't saying that. - 12/01/2010 10:43:43 PM 707 Views
Um, what? - 13/01/2010 06:55:21 AM 695 Views
And the fact that Wigger = White N****r isn't racist at all! *NM* - 12/01/2010 10:33:04 PM 357 Views
I wasn't using the term seriously 9_9 - 13/01/2010 04:26:20 AM 668 Views
The problem is he's a politician - 12/01/2010 04:35:51 AM 781 Views
because that would solve our problems. *NM* - 12/01/2010 04:37:18 AM 321 Views
You know, what IS a good term for black people these days? - 12/01/2010 04:36:33 AM 774 Views
technically... - 12/01/2010 04:39:51 AM 749 Views
i know, right? *NM* - 12/01/2010 06:11:33 AM 328 Views
I just use "black" - 12/01/2010 02:27:16 PM 668 Views
yah, that's what i typically do... - 12/01/2010 02:28:39 PM 739 Views
I agree. Say what you mean. - 12/01/2010 10:03:37 PM 719 Views
How many "black" people do you know that are truely black? - 13/01/2010 05:10:44 AM 664 Views
how many white people do you know are WHITE? *NM* - 13/01/2010 05:26:36 AM 307 Views
Why is it OK to discriminate on the grounds of language but not race? - 12/01/2010 08:23:21 AM 857 Views
Please tell me you were joking... *NM* - 12/01/2010 01:29:37 PM 300 Views
Not in the least. I thought you knew me better than that. - 12/01/2010 09:44:59 PM 668 Views
Ah! You were looking for an active rebuttal - 13/01/2010 01:48:20 PM 655 Views
It is okay to discriminate based on language... - 12/01/2010 01:40:18 PM 752 Views
Your AAE is a language the way that Pig Latin is a language. - 12/01/2010 06:38:35 PM 701 Views
I don't even know where to begin. - 12/01/2010 09:43:21 PM 778 Views
That third point is going a bit far. - 12/01/2010 10:06:08 PM 746 Views
You're right, I was conflating two separate points. - 12/01/2010 10:14:48 PM 685 Views
Well, it still only applies... - 12/01/2010 10:24:08 PM 828 Views
You ascribe too much intelligence to the average American racist . - 12/01/2010 10:30:39 PM 897 Views
You're guessing at people's motives and making what appear to be broad, unsupported assertions - 12/01/2010 11:04:47 PM 721 Views
I don't mean they're racist in all respects. - 13/01/2010 06:52:20 AM 644 Views
That it was a stupid thing to say? - 12/01/2010 09:49:05 AM 748 Views
this. *NM* - 12/01/2010 01:07:46 PM 326 Views
Who seriously uses the term "Negro dialect" anymore? - 13/01/2010 02:00:15 AM 675 Views
the subject is race. and party lines. - 13/01/2010 05:27:39 AM 652 Views
Powell, Rice and Steele. Just food for thought. *NM* - 13/01/2010 08:12:18 PM 387 Views

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