1 posted on
09/09/2003 5:27:14 AM PDT by
SJackson
To: SJackson
My favorite Eubonic word ...
Ahmo.
Ahmo kick yo' butt!
2 posted on
09/09/2003 5:30:32 AM PDT by
knarf
(A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
To: SJackson
God bless him. I've read more than one of his books, and he was a true, honest scholar. Now we have one less person with the courage to see and accept reality, rather than fantasy.
3 posted on
09/09/2003 5:44:06 AM PDT by
Tax-chick
(Pray for Terri Schiavo - hearing on 9-11 to schedule the execution!)
To: SJackson
Why not post the entire article? It's worth it. Good post.
4 posted on
09/09/2003 5:48:56 AM PDT by
Boxsford
To: SJackson
Ever hear of the "Miss Ebonics USA" beauty pageant? It featured only 49 contestants...
...they couldn't find a Miss I-da-ho!
7 posted on
09/09/2003 7:04:25 AM PDT by
meandog
("Do unto others before they do unto you!")
To: SJackson
SPOTREP
To: mhking
BC ping
10 posted on
09/09/2003 7:44:17 AM PDT by
cyborg
(i'm half and half... me mum is a muggle and me dad is a witch)
To: rdb3; Khepera; elwoodp; MAKnight; condolinda; mafree; Trueblackman; FRlurker; Teacher317; ...
12 posted on
09/09/2003 7:50:29 AM PDT by
mhking
To: SJackson
Similarly, the children of black immigrants from Africa or the West Indies tend to perform well above the average of native-born black American students.
Ogbu distinguished between the "voluntary immigrants," those who came to America with their identity intact because they chose to come here, and "involuntary immigrants" or "castelike" minorities, like U.S.-born blacks, Latinos and Native Americans, who were descended from American slavery or military conquests.
*** He's right about that. Glad someone other than myself believes this. Instead of inspiring children with stories of ex-slaves who tuaght themselves to read,etc. Kids are being taught watered down, packs of lies called 'afrocentric' education. It has not helped any as far as I can see.
He also showed, through the example of non-white voluntary immigrants, how the burdens of history could be turned into a platform from which African-Americans can launch their children into a brighter future of limitless achievements.
*** This is a good idea, as opposed to calling them oreos, sellouts, coconuts and african bootyscratchers. Instead of being jealous, whining and wondering how they did it, imitation would be better.
13 posted on
09/09/2003 7:52:30 AM PDT by
cyborg
(i'm half and half... me mum is a muggle and me dad is a witch)
To: SJackson
Ah, those good old days of ebonics, back at the end of 1996 and through the first half of 1997. Those dark days between the time of the Clinton reelection but prior to the emergence of Hillary rival, Monica, when something to laugh about was so sorely needed.
Cornell Review
May 9, 1997
STUDENTS at Cornell University, who burnt hundreds of copies of the campus newspaper in a protest over a humorous article on the way blacks speak English, are threatening further action unless the Ivy League college's authorities meet their demands by noon today.
The students, many from ethnic minority groups, are demanding changes in the way the bi-weekly Cornell Review is run and financed, sparking fears that some want it closed down. They are also pressing the college authorities to introduce mandatory "racism sensitivity" courses for all new undergraduates. In turn, supporters of the newspaper accuse the protesters of an assault on press freedom and Nazi-style tactics in burning copies.
At the heart of the row is an unsigned article which parodied "ebonics", a word formed from the words ebony and phonetics, and which attracted international headlines six months ago when the school board in Oakland, California, suggested that black English should be treated as a separate language.
A working party set up in Oakland rejected the idea this week and said resources would be much better spent on teaching minority students to speak standard English.
But the article, "The Africana Major", outraged black and other students with its course descriptions in ebonics. For a course in Racism in American Society, for instance, it suggested: "Da white man be evil an' he tryin' to keep da brotherman down."
Hunter Rawlings, president of the New York university, has denounced the article, saying: "Race-baiting, stereotyping and intentionally degrading attacks on Cornell's African-American community have no place in our campus discourse."
The editors of the newspaper, however, have been surprised by the uproar. Michael Capel, the Review's president and a graduate student in public affairs, said: "It didn't stick out, even to me. In retrospect, I can see that it might have been offensive to some people, but I don't think it's particularly out of the ordinary."
14 posted on
09/09/2003 8:16:19 AM PDT by
StopGlobalWhining
(Why can't Cruz find his American birth certificate? (Por La Raza Todo, Fuera de La Raza, Nada))
To: SJackson
"Oh stewardess? I speak Jive."
17 posted on
09/09/2003 10:36:48 AM PDT by
Snowy
(My golden retriever can lick your honor student)
To: SJackson
Such a shame a voice of reason has been silenced. But what a great legacy. My Pastor consistently reinterates what the late Dr. Ogbu said about academic achievement, placing the emphasis on PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
...Victimhood will get us nowhere as a nation, or a people.
-Regards, T.
18 posted on
09/10/2003 5:35:07 AM PDT by
T Lady
(.Freed From the Dimocratic Shackles since 1992)
To: SJackson
20 posted on
08/09/2004 8:48:52 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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