Not all black people. But alot of them. Why? Don't they know it makes them sound stupid?
2006-11-12 18:23:49 · 8 answers · asked by J 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Why does asking this question make sme people assume that I am 'white'?
2006-11-12 18:44:11 · update #1
How would anyone on here be able to answer that question? I say ask and with so just because I'm black doesn't mean I can explain why other black people do what they do. The next time you hear someone say axe or wif why don't you walk up to them and ask them why. Problem solved.
2006-11-12 18:31:38 · answer #1 · answered by Tiacola Version 9.0 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think if you truly looked at it, you would realize that most Americans butcher the English language regularly.
White people have no increased mastery of the language.
This is their world; and others have to fit their profile in order to be accepted as normal.
When White people use the word "like" excessively, nobody cares.
Unfortunately, and as in most cases, Black people get the credit and are most widely ridiculed for grammatical mishaps.
I guess we make good targets for poking fun.
2006-11-12 18:31:59 · answer #2 · answered by negrito con sabor 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Apparently not because there are an awful lot that do this...
They sound illiterate, like people who cuss all the time or say "like" or "know what I'm sayin" every other word.
2006-11-12 18:35:15 · answer #3 · answered by More Lies & More Smoke Screens 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well seeming "stupid" is really a matter of opinion. I believe they pronounce certain words that way because it is a cultural thing...you know each race has its own cultural "thing"...look around...you'll see it.
The way you speak or act may not seem different or stupid to you because it is part of who you are.
2006-11-12 18:39:02 · answer #4 · answered by yidlmama 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You seem to forget that the black people, as you refer of them are human beings of different skin color than white. It does not matter how a person uses their verbal skills, the improtance is to treat any human as a unique life source to this planet and look at yourself and your mannerisms.
2006-11-12 18:35:01 · answer #5 · answered by Lesha a Canadian. 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
apparently they don't, but they are trying to sound ghetto, which is also equated with ignorance.
2006-11-12 18:26:36 · answer #6 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Apparently you are not up on your Ebonics.
2006-11-12 18:26:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
drives you crazy doesn't it?
2006-11-12 18:28:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋