http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ebonics/ en-us Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:17:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412777/posts President Barack Obama deflected criticism Monday that he has not been attentive enough to the African-American community, telling American Urban Radio Networks that he was unconcerned to see that kind of message coming from former supporters such as actor Danny Glover. "If you want me to line up all the black actors, for example, who support me and put them on one side of the room and a couple who are grumbling on the other, I'm happy to have that," Obama said, adding that polls show African-Americans express "overwhelming support for what we've tried to do." In an interview with... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412777/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:17:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2323848/posts Thank you very, very much. You see us poor helpless inferior blacks (oh forgive me, I must be politically correct, "African Americans"), and you want to help us using your superior intellect. After all, we could not possibly succeed in this racist, homophobic and greedy country without your assistance. I first met you guys in the 70s when I attended the prestigious Maryland Institute College of Art on a scholarship. A black kid from the ghetto, I found myself amongst white kids from well to do families. I worked a part-time job to cover my books and art supplies. You... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2323848/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:09:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2202998/posts The title says it all. NOTE: The author of this comic requests that you visit his web site and please refrain from copying the cartoon within this thread. Thank you! Geeks On Caffeine - Cartoons done just RIGHT! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2202998/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:17:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2202281/posts When ebonics slang loses its meaning with regard to Barack Obama, comedy can result! NOTE: The author of this comic requests that you visit his web site and plrease refrain from copying his cartoon within this thread. Thanks! Geeks On Caffeine - Comics done JUST RIGHT! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2202281/posts#comment Mon, 9 Mar 2009 06:05:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183765/posts Prince Harry has become embroiled in a new race row after allegedly telling a comedian, Stephen K Amos, that he did not "sound like a black chap". Mr Amos has claimed that the Prince made the remark when they met after the stand-up show We Are Not Amused for the Prince of Wales' 60th birthday celebrations in November 2008. Mr Amos, from south-west London, made the disclosure on Five's The Wright Stuff on Tuesday. He told presenter Matthew Wright that Prince Harry, 24, congratulated him on his performance before saying: "You don't sound like a black chap." As Mr Wright... Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183765/posts#comment Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:16:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179745/posts Police Want To Speak With Resident Who Posted Sign. WGAL - York, PA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179745/posts#comment Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:42:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165346/posts "The belief that moribund institutions, rather than individuals are at the root of the problem, keep SAM’s energies alive.,,," The highly indicative sentence above comes from an 1800-word article that Barack Obama wrote for Columbia’s weekly news magazine, Sundial, at the height of the KGB-generated anti-nuke craze in March 1983. Obama was twenty-one at the time. The sentence nicely captures Obama’s skill as a writer. The noun, “belief,” and the verb, “keep,” don’t agree—one of an appalling five such noun-verb mismatches in the essay--and the punctuation is fully random. More problematically, the word choice sucks all logic out of the... cashill.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165346/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:10:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043033/posts There is always one guy in a bar spoiling for a fight and will take any movement or glance, any sound, any word as his excuse at bellicosity. In the race mongering biz the equivalent would be people like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, both men who take immediate umbrage at the un-umbragable, just so that they can use the excuse to extort money out of businesses or get their mugs splashed across the papers and TV. In Dallas County the loudmouth looking for a fight is Commissioner John Wiley Price who foolishly decided that the scientific term "black hole"... Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043033/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:11:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043035/posts A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre Tuesday afternoon. County commissioners were discussing problems with the central collections office that is used to process traffic ticket payments and handle other paperwork normally done by the JP Courts. Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections "has become a black hole" because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office. Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud "Excuse me!" He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a "white hole." That prompted Judge Thomas Jones,... dallasnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043035/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:11:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023523/posts A fyoo duhzen ambishuhss intelectchooals, a handful ov British skool teechers and wuhn rokit siuhntist ar triing to chang the way we spel. They are the leaders of the spelling-reform movement, a passionate but sporadic 800-year-old campaign to simplify English orthography. In its long and failure-ridden history, the movement has tried to convince an indifferent public of the need for a spelling system based on pronunciation. Reformers, including Mark Twain, Charles Darwin and Theodore Roosevelt, argued that phonetic spellings would make it easier for children, foreigners and adults with learning disabilities to read and write. For centuries, few listened, and... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023523/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 14:29:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021185/posts Greetings of IMANI (FAITH) President McKinney: May our Divine Creator and Beloved Ancestors find you and the extended family in the best of spirit and health. Welcome back to the land of the original OHLONE people, to what is currently called the “california bay area.” It is so disappointing not to be able to greet you personally this weekend—when WE are commemorating the birthdays of freedom fighters EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ (Brother Minister Malcolm X), Mother Yuri Kochiyama and HO CHI MINH—due to a previously-scheduled family commitment. However, it was a pleasure to speak to you briefly after the... Third Party Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021185/posts#comment Sun, 25 May 2008 21:42:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2014673/posts FReepers, what do you think about requesting Cal Thomas or someone like him to address the "Gutter Language" now infesting much of our political discourse? We, meaning others and myself have grudgingly been forced to know about vulgar meanings of words that before now had no use in our everyday conversations. Last week my nine-year-old third grade daughter came home and asked me what Mack Daddy meant. I asked her where she heard the word and she stated that "the other night on television news a man called someone a Mack Daddy". I told her the man was probably talking... Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2014673/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 07:49:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889660/posts I'm eavesdropping on a locker room conversation, one guy showing another his girlfriend's picture on a cell phone, a younger man talking about how he struggles to find reliable help for his restaurant, another talking about his nephew playing in a big all-star game in Las Vegas, three others piping about woman trouble, an older man cautioning against contradicting an officer of the law. And I'm lost. Everybody in the locker room in this YMCA is speaking English, and, at times, I feel as if I can't understand them. "I'm telling ya, bruh, both y'all's messed up." "Turn up the... north jersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889660/posts#comment Sat, 1 Sep 2007 01:25:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889466/posts HOUSTON (AP) - A school district suspended a police officer as it investigates his distribution of a "Ghetto Handbook" and the three-month lapse before top district officials were informed of it. The eight-page booklet, subtitled "Wucha dun did now?", was handed out to about 15 Houston Independent School District police officers at a May meeting, district spokesman Terry Abbott said. Officials declined to identify the officer who handed them out, but said he had been ordered to attend diversity training. A supervisor immediately collected the booklets, Abbott said, but district officials said they didn't learn about the incident until someone... Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889466/posts#comment Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:24:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824704/posts Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she sees her sometimes Southern accent as a virtue. "I think America is ready for a multilingual president," Clinton said during a campaign stop at a charter school in Greenville, S.C. The New York senator—who said she's been thinking about critics who've suggested that she tried to put on a fake Southern accent in Selma, Ala.—noted that she's split her life between Arkansas, Illinois and the East Coast. Clinton added a Southern lilt to her voice last week when addressing a civil rights group in New York City headed by the Rev.... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824704/posts#comment Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:17:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805036/posts I did a search and didn't find this posted in the past on FR. I also checked Snopes and found this is TRUE. They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: Why you ain't, Where you is, What he drive, Where he stay, Where he work, Who you be.. And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk. Everybody knows it's important to speak English... except these knuckleheads. Mushmouth is what they speak! You can't be a doctor with that... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805036/posts#comment Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:37:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801828/posts Actually, it's sad. The Rochester City School District has moved to “normalize” ebonics, saying that “Black English Vernacular” is as valid as conventional English and that students and teachers are welcome to use it. Teachers, in fact, are even encouraged to use ebonics themselves in the classroom. It's part of the multiculturalism and diversity cult. The belief that all things are equal, even when they clearly aren't. And the deep thinkers at the worst school district in the state have decided that their students will have better self-esteem if their “home language” is respected in school. A recent district newsletter... boblonsberry.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801828/posts#comment Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:09:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801621/posts (Rochester, N.Y.) – It’s called Black English Vernacular – or more commonly – Ebonics. In a newsletter to staff, Rochester City School District officials say it is okay for students and teachers to speak Ebonics in class. The newsletter is called Diversity Dialogue. It suggests teachers use BEV to communicate with students. It says teachers can: • “Switch into BEV in specific situations or informal discussion.” • "Translate common phrases in Standard English into BEV.” • “Read and retell stories in both BEV and Standard English.” “We need to embrace the diversity they bring into our schools,” said the district’s... WHAM TV 13 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801621/posts#comment Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:40:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692534/posts VICTORVILLE —Victor Valley Union High School District teachers have been coached on a new approach to disciplining students. At issue is whether teachers need to adjust how they interact with and discipline students who misbehave, particularly students from difficult backgrounds. Culberson, director of youth services for the San Bernardino City Unified School District, said at a back-to-school inservice meeting that students today have less respect for authority than they did when many teachers were in school and consequently, some teachers have unrealistic expectations of their students. The district superintendent, Julian Weaver, said Culberson’s message does not represent a change in... Daily Press (Victorville CA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692534/posts#comment Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:28:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1666835/posts IN the last few years, it has seemed that perhaps America's long-buried history of blackface is being allowed to peek out of the closet. Bob Dylan named his most recent studio album "Love and Theft," after Eric Lott's landmark 1993 study of the form; and in his curious 2003 film, "Masked and Anonymous," Dylan even got Ed Harris to "black up" for a scene. Spike Lee also explored the subject in "Bamboozled," and competing biographies of Stepin Fetchit joined "Where Dead Voices Gather," Nick Tosches' meditation on the minstrel superstar Emmett Miller, on bookshelves. "Old Dan Tucker," the opening track... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1666835/posts#comment Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:42:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644302/posts Fresh from rehab, Rep. Patrick Kennedy said yesterday he wants to be treated like an African-American from Washington if and when he gets charged for crashing his car on Capitol Hill. Denying that he was drunk and or that he asked the Capitol Police for preferential treatment, Kennedy, a Rhode Island congressman, said he's prepared "in terms of bookings, in terms of mug shots, fingerprints, whatever they might have me do." "It's what anyone else would have done to them if they were an African-American in Anacostia," Kennedy said in a shaky voice, referring to the mostly minority neighborhood in... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644302/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jun 2006 15:16:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644213/posts A man who tried to force his way into two houses on Friedland Church Road was shot dead this morning, a spokesman for the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said today. The sheriff's office is investigating the shooting and did not release the names of anyone involved. Sheriff's officers were trying to obtain search warrants this afternoon. Sheriff's Capt. Brad Stanley said a man tried to force his way into the front door of 2804 Friedland Church Road, where a woman who may have been his former girlfriend lives. The man shot off the locks of the front door with a... Winston-Salem Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644213/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:05:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643188/posts NEWPORT NEWS - A student says, "Janae need a marker." How does a teacher respond? Usually this way: "We don't say, 'Janae need a marker.' We say, 'Janae needs a marker.'" What the teacher needs is a new approach, according to two local educators promoting an alternative way of teaching grammar. "I would say, 'We're in school right now. We're speaking formal English. How would you say that formally?'" said Rachel Swords, a third -grade teacher at Newsome Park Elementary School in Newport News. Swords and Rebecca Wheeler, an associate professor of English at Christopher Newport University, have co-written a... The Virginian-Pilot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643188/posts#comment Sun, 4 Jun 2006 15:37:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631950/posts BRITAIN’S most senior policeman Sir Ian Blair is facing a race relations dilemma after the release of figures that reveal almost half the number of people arrested in relation to car crime in London are black. Blair, the Metropolitan police commissioner, has signed off a report by his force’s traffic unit which shows that black people account for 46% of all arrests generated by new automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) cameras. The technology allows car registration plates to be scanned and automatically run through databases to determine whether a vehicle is stolen, uninsured or has not had its road tax paid.... The Sunday Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631950/posts#comment Sun, 14 May 2006 06:59:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1621299/posts Democrats sought to turn gas prices — like Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq war — into an issue that hurts Bush's standing with voters. "What happen to Iraq oil, Mr. President? You said Iraqi oil would pay for the war. Ain't seen no money. Ain't seen no oil," Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland said. Spoof on Associated Press article http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1621299/posts#comment Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:53:32 GMT