Offended I think everyone is uptight these days. I mean everyone as in every race. Society has changed and the generations here and now all have a different mind set then back in the day. I do not think it is fair to say one race in particular....this is just my opinion
You think so do you precious? Just because I highlight whats wrong, doesn't mean I'm offended. Feeling offended is reserved for perverts giving you a free show
Naaaaaaaah. Helll no, black people are NOT easily offended. If media wants you to THINK black people are easily offended, they'll give voice and airtime to ONE crackpot, and of course all the gullible viewers (including the black ones) will swell up thinking black people are easily offended, childish, and coddled. Why can't people see that shit? Media is POWERFUL and there are minds behind it. There are people out there who want to control how you think about the racial paradigm, because it is a great weapon to manipulate and divide people. One of the ongoing themes is that black people are too sensitive, and it allows racists to get away with real murder. If anything, black people are pretty damn thick-skinned (maybe even thick-headed, considering some of the underhanded shit media gets away with, like convincing the world that we're all down-low, criminals, coddled, hiv-infested, lazy, affirmative-actioned, etc. etc. - a lot of which goes right over black people's heads....) Most black people just keep their eyes on the prize and their personal daily struggle, as the media trots out some fool who's pissed off because someone used the word "niggardly"... And of course that fool represents all black people to the viewers looking for any excuse to justify their pet grudge and acts of spite against black people. :butthead:
I agree that the majority of black people are fairly defensive. I think it's feasible, not sure about justifiable.
id say yes how many times have you seen someone post about someone calling them 'articulate' and being offended anyone who calls someone articulate is merely complimenting them.. yet when that someone is black, it becomes upsetting call anyone else articulate and theyd be proud
that's the thing I don't hear it used for anyone else outside of small children. Its expected with other adults but not us. How often are Asians complimented with being smart? Theyre expected to be.
You should take that up with the Cali school Board then, who demanded and were granted to teach 'Ebonics' to their students...because frankly, that doesn't help.
Damn girl you got a time machine in your crib? Lol that was the early 90s, but that is an example of the different standards placed on blacks so that be grateful when someone compliments me on my diction and articulation is pure bullshit.
Nope, not just the 90's... in 2005 as well - "San Bernardino County (CA) schools to teach Ebonics Here we go again. A batch of lazy educators who aren't willing to teach students proper English are dumbing down the curriculum by teaching urban street slang as if it were some kind of "language" as opposed to the vernacular it truly is. "Ebonics" is not a language. It's a form of slang. I don't see professors trying to justify hacker geek-speak or online shorthand as their own separate language! When I grew up, teachers would demand that we, as students, speak in proper English. We certainly used slang with our friends on the playground and outside the classroom, but not in class. And we never would dare to use it in front of our parents or grandparents. The politically correct-feel good mindset that has permeated our society allows a "dumbing down" of all aspects of life in order to placate those who refuse to take responsibility and work for what needs to be done..." More: http://mhking.mu.nu/archives/105212.php
that is highly debatable from what i gather, if anything ebonics could be a dialect of english, just like mandarin is a dialect of chinese the reason people look down on it, is because it's mostly used by blacks and there's this belief that blacks simply arent intelligent or whatever fact of the matter is that language has not always been an accurate depictor of intelligence, more so than it depicts social class
i'm just sayin ebonics gets a bad rap..but it's pretty obvious as to why you know it and i know it http://www.stanford.edu/~rickford/papers/SuiteForEbonyAndPhonics.html give it a once over....it'll make you think a bit
I agree with you. Never looked at it from that perspective. Like I said during the time of the Egyptian rule Hebrew was the language of the slaves. Now Jews are well respected even though they are hated.
id assume they were more respected than blacks lol tbh jews are still 'white' skin color goes a long way
No kidding ^ but it seems the School Board seem to think these kids are BORN to speak only this way... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Ebonics_controversy Seriously, why not just pile on another thing to make it more difficult to get a future job. Ebonics is NOT a language. It's a dialect. English is a language, Ebonics is a spin off of it, so to speak. Did you not read the part where they said its fine to speak it amongst ourselves with friends and family, etc but not to be TAUGHT as English language IN school.' I thoroughly agree. Even my parents, who also spoke broken dialects, were taught the National Language of their countries of birth.
Black people aren't too sensitive. Media just trots out the ones who get offended at the wrong things as a way of dismissing genuine anti-black racism.
