not necessarily me although yes, I have to a degree. More whites in general.
damookster Send a noteboard - 11/10/2018 01:01:31 AM
Although as Cannoli pointed out, what we refer to today as Black English originated with the Scots-Irish settlers of the rural South.
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Americans Strongly Dislike PC Culture
- 10/10/2018 07:28:00 PM
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We hate the term “woke “ as well.
- 10/10/2018 08:05:14 PM
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Funny you should mention this....
- 10/10/2018 09:08:28 PM
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Now you got me looking up the etymology of 'woke'. It's interesting, though.
- 10/10/2018 09:43:49 PM
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Not that I trust Wikipedia
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Re: Not that I trust Wikipedia
- 10/10/2018 11:17:16 PM
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That was also interesting - knew some of it, but some was news to me. *NM*
- 10/10/2018 11:32:30 PM
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I don't think "woke" comes from that, though. You sound like you read Albion's Seed.
- 11/10/2018 01:07:50 AM
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Not directly. I've read other stuff here and there that cited that work, though *NM*
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I was familiar with the lyric in the Lead Belly song because I love me some Delta blues.
- 10/10/2018 10:05:51 PM
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Wait, so you hate the term 'woke' but you just accused yourself of cultural appropriation? 
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- 10/10/2018 11:00:25 PM
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not necessarily me although yes, I have to a degree. More whites in general.
- 11/10/2018 01:01:31 AM
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"African American vernacular" is PC for "grammatically incorrect used mostly by blacks"
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