I have been called a racist because I am brave enought to be a black american athlete enough to ask this question. I did not have a substantial vote to deem anyone a winner so I must ask thed same question again. I do not descriminate. Racists and all please respond and if possible supply your reasoning.
2006-08-19 07:07:24 · 7 answers · asked by Robert L 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Maybe you should ask yourself why you have a difficult time writing well?
2006-08-19 08:23:19 · answer #1 · answered by Charity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a white non-racist. I think that it could be kind of a "get in whitey's face" thing, which to me is an indication of an attempt to use power to level the playing field (no pun intended). The cockneys in England do the same by speaking a slang that outsiders cannot understand. Even young people nowadays speak a slang that people in my generation cannot understand, and I don't think it's just about a transition of the language - I think it's an "us against them" thing. Getting back to your thing I believe if you were to follow some of your athlete peers around all day you'd find that some (if not most) of them use differrent accents and speach patterns depending on whom they're with - in fact, if they're with their granny I'm sure it's gonna be "yes ma'am, etc."; I believe a lot if not most of the "bad" English used is due to peer pressure. Ya gotta understand also that as a white guy when I hear Howlin' Wolf or another bluesman, I do NOT want to hear the Queen's English - I want the real thing the way it was at that time, so some flexibility in language must occur at some levels - even though I think you ARE justified in your opinions concerning the issue you raised.
2006-08-19 08:19:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of athletes (not just black) don't take the time to learn the subjects they should in school. They don't fail because that would deem them ineligible academically and thus unable to play their chosen sport. As a result, they think athletics can get them anything they want.
2006-08-19 07:15:14 · answer #3 · answered by tw0cl0n3m3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the position they arrive from i wager. Black or white, college events are a sturdy way for underprivileged youngsters to get an coaching. some college events deliver about a sensible specialist occupation, and thats how this comes about. you basically sorta ought to seem previous it understanding they are not scholars. specialist atheletes are not fairly considered interior an same mild as they once were. I mean, adult adult males can come from the Dominican Republic, Cuba, or everywhere else in Latin united statesa.... talk 5 words of english, and get a multi-million dollar baseball contract. issues are basically diverse now i wager. desire this sheds some mild.
2016-11-26 01:58:42 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Been European here and when I hear rap singer or Black American on TV I find it hard to make what they are saying. As if it where some soft of code language.
2006-08-19 09:30:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before you criticize someone's speech, why don't you make sure that you can spell. It's just as offensively ignorant. I see multiple grammatical and syntaxing errors.
2006-08-21 15:37:43 · answer #6 · answered by cami 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not just black sports players....
It's all black people (the ones i encounter).
2006-08-19 07:13:04 · answer #7 · answered by xcr0ss_my_heartx 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋