Ebonics

Originally posted by debbiejo
I don't have or need to post old sources......I live in the Metro(well, just north of it) area and I remember what was in the News papers and what everyone was talking about and also what was on the TV news, and how the school boards were bombarded with angry parents for even considering it..........Do your own research.

Well, no. I don't need to research whether 'they' have made Ebonics 'a separate language'. It's a bs claim.

If someone will claim it, they should back it up, not just say 'I heard', and then expect others to bother looking around.

Also, Strangelove and lil b, if you don't accept it as language and also not as dialect, may I ask what you think it is? Because I find it lacks other options.

Originally posted by Emperor Ashtar
Yeah, it does have a purpose, it's a dialect used by Hip Hop Enthusiast to communicate. Most subcultures have dialects, so, I don't see how it's a big deal.

Originally posted by debbiejo
[B
]Eubonics destroys the ability to communicate........... [/B]

No, it doesn't, it keeps the outsiders out. Which would be those people same people who don't understand. This is why a great deal despise of it so much.

and who gets to define who the "outsiders" are?

Originally posted by heru
No, it doesn't, it keeps the outsiders out. Which would be those people same people who don't understand. This is why a great deal despise of it so much.

Suffering from Xenophobia are we?

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
and who gets to define who the "outsiders" are?

The ones who dominate that environment, speaking the slang.

Now if you would excuse me. I'm about to bounce to some shortie pad to get some slime, One.

outsiders....i know you dont mean it that way, but it sounds elitist.

Originally posted by Robtard
Suffering from Xenophobia are we?

Not at all, living in a city keeps you around strangers everyday.

Originally posted by heru
Not at all, living in a city keeps you around strangers everyday.

Well go up and introduce yourself, they won't be strangers any longer.

Originally posted by Robtard
Well go up and introduce yourself, they won't be strangers any longer.

Originally posted by heru
No, it doesn't, it keeps the outsiders out. Which would be those people same people who don't understand. This is why a great deal despise of it so much.

Originally posted by Robtard
Well go up and introduce yourself, they won't be strangers any longer.

QFT, seems people are just being elitist as usual.

Originally posted by Robtard
Well go up and introduce yourself, they won't be strangers any longer.

Originally posted by heru
Fortunately I have a life, and better things to do.

Originally posted by Emperor Ashtar
For your claim to even be plausible, every person that speaks ebonics would have to use the exact same words and euthamisms. Which is definelty not case at all, seems to me that people simple dislike ebonics and this is why they are making claims that make no sense.

QFT, seems people are just being elitist as usual.

So your saying, the lack of understanding is not one of the reasons of despising it.

Originally posted by heru
So your saying, the lack of understanding is not one of the reasons of despising it.

I know it's the lack of people not understanding or misunderstanding (Thank you media) ebonics that makes them despise it. But, if you have no knowledge of something, where do you get off claiming it isn't a dialect when it is. Bottom line is, if you don't like ebonics, fine. If you don't understand it, fine as well. But, don't make wild assumptions and critique something you have no kowledge of. Espeially when you make the choice of not wanting to learn anything about it.

there are indeed elitists here in the GDF. i am not gonna name them, for fear of their tendency to....well, you get the rest.

Originally posted by Emperor Ashtar
So, that just means your aleinating yourself.

Do you go out on the streets everyday, and introduce yourself to every person you see? ❌ Just because someone tells you there name, does not mean you no them.

Originally posted by Emperor Ashtar
I know it's the lack of people not understanding or misunderstanding (Thank you media) ebonics that makes them despise it. But, if you have no knowledge of something, where do you get off claiming it isn't a dialect when it is. Bottom line is, if you don't like ebonics, fine. If you don't understand it, fine as well. But, don't make wild assumptions and critique something you have no kowledge of. Espeially when you make the choice of not wanting to learn anything about it.

I agree.

Originally posted by heru
Do you go out on the streets everyday, and introduce yourself to every person you see? ❌ Just because someone tells you there name, does not mean you no them.

What are you talking about, your the one that said ebonics keeps people from understanding "outsiders" or each other. And, as it was said before, they are only unfimilair to you because YOU DON'T KNOW THEM. So, how is it a language barrier if you don't even want to associate yourself with people who speak ebonics?