And since 80 % of New Orleans is black, one might conclude that it is, in fact, racist.
Or, at the very least, ignorant.
Read the story.
Oh come on now. It wasn't asked about "blacks". If you had ever been to NO, you would have known just what the poster was talking about. Having spent much time in New Orleans myself and on the phone with business people there, I always thought it was so odd that they spoke with a New Joisy accent.....or as someone else said Brooklyn? At any rate, there are all kinds of accents in south Louisiana.
I don't believe he is talking about the blacks in particular. He is right, a lot of people in New Orleans do sound like they are from Brooklyn. I really don't know where that comes from. A lot of people in the area obviously have a French accent too.
I was watching a re-run of Charlies Angels one day that supposedly took place in New Orleans. Everyone had a heavy southern accent and there was a car chase scene in the mountains. So much for research!
And since 80 % of New Orleans is black, one might conclude that it is, in fact, racist.
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Actually, when it comes to blacks, they speak many different accents ranging from the 19th century southern black-speak, still in heavy presence in most inner-city areas, to highly polished, proper English, both in dialect and content.
So saying what the article did, is not really racist because there is no SPECIFIC WAY THAT BLACKS TALK. They are as diverse as whites, and far more diverse than Hispanics.