Its a difference between speaking proper and talking white. You know this.Ebonics is holding black ppl back, yet nikkas are quick to say a black person is acting white if they speak proper English.![]()
Its a difference between speaking proper and talking white. You know this.Ebonics is holding black ppl back, yet nikkas are quick to say a black person is acting white if they speak proper English.![]()
Blacks need some type of code speak around whites. No one gets angry when haitians or jamaicans talk that talk. African Americans do it and it's being lazy or uneducated?
why even use it at all? why not speak proper english at all times? especially around our own people? to use ebonics, in my eyes, signifies laziness. in fact, i'd argue, it encourages laziness. it makes it acceptable. and we can't afford that, with the obstacles we face in this society.

Threadstarter is a c@c

By that logic arent immigrants being held back since they mangle english orally and written, friend. Please stop the filth.![]()
call it unfair, but black people are harshly judged because many of us don't speak proper english. we mangle the language, and this is seen as a sign of lower intelligence, which results in discriminatory practices against us in education and employment. assumptions are made about our ability off of how we speak.
you have no idea how embarrassing it is to be on the train and having to sit near a group of blacks spewing out unintelligible gibberish that has everyone else on the train goingi'm there thinking
"fukk, just shut up."
how can an employer take you seriously when you engage in double negatives or submit a resume with poor grammar? and yet, this shyt is common among blacks, particularly the youth.
i guess the question is, how do we change this? what needs to be done to make sure our future generation speaks proper english and not this jibber jabber ebonics nonsense? is it just the lack of schooling? is it "cool" to speak ebonics?
if this aint some 'master pat me on the head' shytoh, word? is that why obama was taken seriously? is that why even joe biden said he was clean and articulate, the first of his kind? because they still discriminate?
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Is there anything NOT holding black people back at this point?

My timbs dont have straps thoughIf only we'd just pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, all our problems would be solved![]()
according to simple nikkas like you, anyone who doesn't keep making excuses for black failure is a "cac."
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Now have a good dayThen you're wearing the wrong kind of bootsMy timbs dont have straps though

OP in ebonics:
page it unfair, but black nikkas is harshly judged cuz many o' us don' speak proper cracker ass english. we's mangle da language, an' dis here iz seen as uh sign o' lower intelligence, which results in discriminatory practices against us in education an' employment. assumptions is made 'boutour ability off o' how we's speak. you gots nahh idea how embarrassing it iz ta be on da train an' havin` ta sit near uh group o' blacks spewing out unintelligible gibberish dat has brothas else on da train going ah'm dere thinkin` "fuq, just shut up." how can an employer take you seriously when you engage in double negatives or submit uh resume wif poor grammar? an' yet, dis here sheeit iz common among blacks, particularly da youf. ah guess da queshun iz, how do we's change dis here? what needs ta be done ta make sho our future generation speaks proper cracker ass english an' not dis here jibber jabber ebonix nonsense? iz it just da lack o' schooling? iz it "tight" ta speak ebonix?
