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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]What black community?

There are black folks in communities all over this land, so which community and which standard. 
I want to give you the benefit of the doubt, just you keep coming off like the White Saviour, even if un intended.[/quote]

Well sure.  I don't mean to be a "white savior."  My husband is from the rural South, and I get that how you speak has ramifications how how people perceive you.  But obviously there is a specific way of speaking that is associated with black people, especially areas that are predominantly black and inner city.  Having lived in Chicago and DC, I am familiar with this phenomenon, and there are pockets of community that are predominantly African American where speaking this way is common.  Is this so controversial to say?  I get that many professional black people believe that it is important to teach their kids to speak in "standard American English" because how you speak impacts how people perceive you.  What I don't get is the amount of shock and vitriol that some white parents have when a teacher speaks in a way that is stereotypically black, and why they think their special snowflakes will be completely destroyed if they try out using some constructions that are not "correct" in preschool.  I also grew up with an immigrant grandmother, and I'm used to understanding English that isn't completely "correct," and saw how people judged her as less intelligent, even though she is very bright.  Of course it is impossible to talk about this as a white person without coming of as racist or classist on one side, or pedantic and overly PC and academic on the other side.  I just wish people would be less dismissive about how others speak who are outside of their communities, because when you actually listen to people, even if people use grammatical constructions you are not terribly familiar with, it's not so hard to understand people (see the Rachel Jeantel case).[/quote]
I hear what you are saying, just hate the proliferation of the idea that all black folk are alike. And live in the same community and speak alike.
That is all.[/quote]

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