ok, i'm having a big problem with the overbearing use of slang /ghettoism/ebonics words in the black community.



each time a black person doesn't use these words, they come accross as posh or 'trying to be white'

sorry but speaking in an intelligent way is not a priviledge that whites should have in the same way thatslang shouldn't be bound to use slang.



so do u use slang?



why do u use it?



and ifwhat are the slang words/ termsthat have to go?





#1 Innit

#2 you get me

#3 chick, sorry i'm a woman , not a chicken,

#negro, n*gga, that's really disrespectful



and the list goes on.....



so why are we black people associated with slang and what's the remedee to this?

ok, i'm having a big problem with the overbearing use of slang /ghettoism/ebonics words in the black community. each time a black person doesn't use these words, they come accross as posh or 'trying to be white'

You have an issue?, how about the person using this form of language? Ever stop to think that maybe this is all they really know?

sorry but speaking in an intelligent way is not a priviledge that whites should have in the same way thatslang shouldn't be bound to use slang.

Speaking Webster's English does not automatically mean someone is intelligent. People represent their life circumstances. You also assume that this slang is turned on and off at will. As a Classroom teacher I can honestly tell you that many children and Adults only come to school with knowledge of slanguage and given their lifestyles have no real use for Webster's English. Believe it or not this is a big world we inhabit.

so do u use slang?
why do u use it?

Yes, at times it is useful because Slang is a much more efficient version of the English Language.


and ifwhat are the slang words/ termsthat have to go?

None, they all convey a purpose that usually involves a physical expression

#1 Innit

Not sure what that is???

#2 you get me

This is an Idiom

#3 chick, sorry i'm a woman , not a chicken,

This is a more efficient manner to express one's desired status.

#negro, n*gga, that's really disrespectful

and the list goes on.....

so why are we black people associated with slang and what's the remedee to this?

Black people are associated with slang in the English Language(Slang/ebonics), Spanish Language(Bozolon) and French (Kweyol) because these are not our native languages. We Africanized our colonizers language in regards to Syntax, pronunciation, etc... You ever heard of a slang version of Yoruba, Fon, Zulu, Swahili, Wolof or any other Language that Blacks Speak? This is called Cultural Continuity. Granted, Blacks are now born into these countries where these languages are supreme but seeing that we are not Assimilated nor amalgamated, Cultural Continuity will keep these Dialects alive!

I hope this answered your questions.

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I have no problem with the use of slang.

I do have an issue with the use of incorrect grammar and plain bad English by people who should know better. Especially "professional" on-air people on hip-hop radio and tv.

You was. They wasn't. We was there. Me and my mans. That shyt is mines.

What kind of example is that for the kids that listen to them?

Besides, it's embarrasing!