Do you think black coloured people speak differently to white people?

Question

Don't you just hate it when white people try and speak and write like black people?

I'm not racist, I don't believe white people should try to act like black people its imidating. Its polite to be yourself

Answer 1

Of course they do. They are afraid to speak like that around Black people because they will be accused of "trying to be white" or told they aren't black enough or such. I'm white and speak like a human. I'm all for people speaking like a human. I don't care what color you are.

Answer 2

Hmmm are you speaking of code-switching?

This is not necessarily a race thing. The etiquette of speech changes in different situations... sometimes an informal register is called for, such as with close friends. At other times speech should be formal... such as on a job interview. When at school, speech should be academic. There are many other situations.

Then there is Standard and non-standard English.
Regional dialects.
Slang.
Pidgin and trade languages.
Creole languages.
OTHER languages... period.

In short, people generally speak to be understood. The more inept you become with language, the more able you are to do this.

But somehow I don't think this is the phenomena of which you speak....

It seems that you haven't met all of the people you call "colored" or "black" to make this assumption.

If they seem to address you differently... maybe they are doing this because they don't really know or like you. Maybe they speak to you in a way that they think you will understand.
Maybe they are not comfortable with speaking to you in the first place.

Please be aware however, that many people do not code switch in between their version of English.

Answer 3

Some do, some don't. The question you asked begins with a racist premise, and (suprise!) you're very first answerer used the oppurtunity to rant about black people being ignorant. I might add that the first answer contained very poor grammar.
I am black, but was adopted by a white family, grew up in a white neighbourhood,and attended predominantly white schools. If I were to speak with you by telephone, you would have to rely on sheer luck to correctly guess whether I'm white or black.

Answer 4

What is talking black and talking white anyway? Did a group of people get together and say, "okay, this is how black people are going to talk, and this is how white people are going to talk"
All the black people I know talk the same whether they are talking to their family and friends, or when they are talking to me(white woman). But then, I am family(black husband), so that might make a difference.

Answer 5

Hmm... white people speaks different from black. Asians are also. There is nothing wrong. It's your heritage. It seems wrong when someone from Kansas speaks with British accent.

Answer 6

Not being black, I couldn't say.

I don't speak any differently to a person because of the color of their skin, if that helps any.

Answer 7

Yes. I think blacks try to speak proper, respectable english around whites. When they're around each other, they let their afro-turf down and behave the way the do. Sickening.

Answer 8

I think YOU are doing the figuring out all wrong.

Don't try to figure out people--that is satan's favorite pasttime---putting crap in your head to think about.

Re-focus on something like --helping others.
Figure out how you can help someone,....................

Answer 9

You may claim to not be a racist but your post speaks louder than you...

Answer 10

Like from bass to tenor, or what ?