Originally posted by JimmyCracksCorn
The argument that Ebonic speakers can't communicate effectively is crap. Speakers of standard English can understand Ebonics speakers just fine, as well as the reverse.
The argument that Ebonic speakers can't communicate effectively is crap. Speakers of standard English can understand Ebonics speakers just fine, as well as the reverse.
Originally posted by JimmyCracksCorn
You're right. I can't understand one word of that Negro talk.
Afterall, its just broken English.
You're right. I can't understand one word of that Negro talk.
Afterall, its just broken English.
Yeah, they can communicate with other Ebonic-speakers just fine. It's when they speak to the other 99% of the English-speaking population that communication problems arise. Depending on how much exposure the Ebonic-speaker has had to normal English (like, for instance, IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS), their ability to communicate with non-Ebonic-speakers changes. If Indians on the other side of the planet can take crash-courses in how to speak (more often than not) passable British English then these kids can learn to effectively speak the USAmerican variant after years of public schooling.
The problem is that people don't respect speakers of Ebonics. Period.
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