I'm trying to word this question in a way that won't offend people, but you know...there's one in every bunch. Not recently, but in the past, I've seen black people make fun of white people by (and I'm sure this is going to sound dumb) pronouncing all the syllables of a word. (i.e. "Hi Bill, how are you today?" was said from one black man to another, he pronounced his "Rs" hard and make sure to enunciate his words.) Why is this a bad thing? I don't understand why someone would think it's cool or correct or good in any way to say, "Hey yo, what up?" instead of "Hey Jack, what's up?" or "Save me a dess at da libary." instead of "Save me a desk at the library, please."
Why is this funny to so many black people to speak like you have an education and try to promote a good self image, instead of looking and sounding like you're from the ghetto?
Notice I say SOME. One of my attorneys is actually a black woman, and she's probably the smartest woman I've ever met...very refined.
2006-07-24
15:30:55
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